stub'd outv0.0.1

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/dpkgQuery.go b/dpkgQuery.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func getInstalledPackages() (map[string]string, error) {
+	// Run the dpkg-query command to list installed packages and versions
+	cmd := exec.Command("dpkg-query", "-W", "-f=${Package} ${Version}\n")
+	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Start the command execution
+	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer cmd.Wait()
+
+	// Create a map to store package names and versions
+	installedPackages := make(map[string]string)
+
+	// Use a scanner to read the output of the command line by line
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(stdout)
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := scanner.Text()
+		// Split each line into package name and version
+		parts := strings.SplitN(line, " ", 2)
+		if len(parts) == 2 {
+			packageName := parts[0]
+			version := parts[1]
+			installedPackages[packageName] = version
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Return the map with package names and versions
+	return installedPackages, scanner.Err()
+}