libdpkg(7)                        dpkg suite                        libdpkg(7)


NAME
       libdpkg - Debian package manager C library

DESCRIPTION
       The libdpkg C library provides functions and infrastructure for the
       dpkg tool set, and external projects that need to integrate tightly
       with it.

       The library provides a pkgconf(1) entry named libdpkg.

       Warning: The API provided by this library is highly volatile, still in
       the process of being cleaned up. It is only supposed to be used
       internally by dpkg for now. Header files, functions, variables and
       types might get renamed, removed or change semantics. If you still have
       a need to use it, which you would be doing anyway, say by locally
       building dpkg to get the library, then define the C preprocessor macro
       LIBDPKG_VOLATILE_API in your build to acknowledge that fact.

       Due to the currently API volatility, only a static library is provided.

SEE ALSO
       /usr/share/doc/dpkg/README.api, <https://www.dpkg.org/doc/libdpkg/>.

1.22.19-dirty                     2025-05-18                        libdpkg(7)