dpkg-vendor - queries information about distribution vendors

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION COMMANDS OPTIONS ENVIRONMENT SEE ALSO

NAME

dpkg−vendor − queries information about distribution vendors

SYNOPSIS

dpkg-vendor [option...] command

DESCRIPTION

dpkg-vendor is a tool to query information about vendors listed in /etc/dpkg/origins. /etc/dpkg/origins/default contains information about the current vendor.

This program was introduced in dpkg 1.15.1.

COMMANDS

−−is vendor

Exits with 0 if the current vendor is vendor. Otherwise exits with 1.

−−derives−from vendor

Exits with 0 if the current vendor distribution is a derivative of vendor, otherwise exits with 1. It uses the Parent field to browse all ancestors of the current vendor.

−−query field

Print on standard output the value of the vendor-specific field for the current vendor.

−−help

Show the usage message and exit.

−−version

Show the version and exit.

OPTIONS

−−vendor vendor

Assumes the current vendor is vendor instead of discovering it with the DEB_VENDOR environment variable or /etc/dpkg/origins/default.

ENVIRONMENT

DEB_VENDOR

This setting defines the current vendor. If not set, it will discover the current vendor by reading /etc/dpkg/origins/default.

DPKG_COLORS

Sets the color mode (since dpkg 1.18.5). The currently accepted values are: auto (default), always and never.

DPKG_NLS

If set, it will be used to decide whether to activate Native Language Support, also known as internationalization (or i18n) support (since dpkg 1.19.0). The accepted values are: 0 and 1 (default).