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()
}