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SCOUT(1) https://en.opensuse.org/Sc SCOUT(1)

NAME

scout - A Package Scout

SYNOPSIS

scout [global_options] {module} {search_term} [module_options]

OPTIONS

The following options are available:

global_options, module

The global options are handled by scout itself.

--format

Specify the default output format. Choices are table (default), xml, csv. It's a replacement of the older scoutcsv, scoutxml links.

--help

Print a brief help.

--version

Print version.
The respective module to search for. The following modules are available:

autoconf

Search for autoconf macros inside m4 files.

bin

Search for binaries contained in packages.

header

Search for C/C++/Obj-C/Obj-C++ headers

java

Search for Java classes inside packaged JAR files.

python

Search for Python modules.

webpin

Search in packages using the Webpin webservice.

search_term

The term you are looking for.

module_options

Additional module options. At the moment these are:

--listrepos

list all available repositories

--repos=REPO, -r REPO

select a repository to search (use a name from the --listrepos output)

DESCRIPTION

Scout is a tool to look for uninstalled packages. For example, which binary does a package provide, which Java classes are available and which autoconf macros does a package contain.

To search for your requested term, you need index data files which are a preconfigured SQLite 3 database. You have to install these in order to get your search request done. Use the Scout OBS data repository[1] to get additional index files. See the Wiki page about Scout[2] for more information.

EXAMPLE 1: SEARCH FOR EXECUTABLES

For example, to search for a sdl-config executable, you need the bin module:

$ scout bin sdl-config

You get the following output:



 repository | binary     | path                        | package
------------+------------+-----------------------------+-----------------


 suse110    | sdl-config | /usr/bin                    | SDL-devel


 suse110    | sdl-config | /usr/lib/baselibs-32bit/bin | SDL-devel-32bit

EXAMPLE 2: SEARCH FOR JAVA PACKAGES

If you want to search for a Java package, use the following code:

$ scout java org.apache.xml.serialize.Serializer

You get:



 repository | package          | jar                 | class
------------+------------------+---------------------+------------------------------------------------


 jpackage17 | jboss4-testsuite | xerces.jar          | org.apache.xml.serialize.Serializer


 jpackage17 | jboss4-testsuite | xerces.jar          | org.apache.xml.serialize.SerializerFactory


 jpackage17 | jboss4-testsuite | xerces.jar          | org.apache.xml.serialize.SerializerFactoryImpl


 jpackage17 | xerces-j2        | xerces-j2-2.9.0.jar | org.apache.xml.serialize.Serializer


 jpackage17 | xerces-j2        | xerces-j2-2.9.0.jar | org.apache.xml.serialize.SerializerFactory


 jpackage17 | xerces-j2        | xerces-j2-2.9.0.jar | org.apache.xml.serialize.SerializerFactoryImpl

EXAMPLE 3: SEARCH THROUGH WEBPIN

If you want to use the openSUSE Search Webservice[3]—also known as “Webpin”—use the following line:

$ scout webpin docbook_5.xml

You get:



 package   | version | arch   | repository URL                                                                    | matched files
-----------+---------+--------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------


 docbook_5 | 5.0     | noarch | http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-OSS-factory/inst-source/suse         | /etc/xml/docbook_5.xml


 docbook_5 | 5.0CR7  | noarch | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/thomas-schraitle/openSUSE_Factory | /etc/xml/docbook_5.xml


 docbook_5 | 5.0     | noarch | http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/XML/xml-factory                         | /etc/xml/docbook_5.xml

BASH COMPLETION

If you like to complete your options automatically through Bash, insert the following lines into your ~/.bashrc or /etc/bash.bashrc:

if [ -f /etc/bash_completion.d/scout.sh ]; then


  . /etc/bash_completion.d/scout.sh
fi

SEE ALSO

command-not-found(1)

AUTHORS

Pavol Rusnak <stick@gk2.sk>

Developer

Michal Vyskocil <mvyskocil@suse.cz>

Developer

Ales Nosek <anosek@suse.cz>

Index data for Java

Pascal Bleser <guru@unixtech.be>

Webpin code

Marek Stopka <mstopka@opensuse.org>

Bash completion

Thomas Schraitle <toms@suse.de>

Docbook documentation

Klaus Kaempf <kkaempf@suse.de>

Help with python-satsolver

Bernhard M. Wiedemann <bwiedemann+scout@suse.de>

Software maintenance

NOTES

1.
Scout OBS data repository
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/prusnak:/scout/data
2.
Wiki page about Scout
https://en.opensuse.org/Scout
3.
openSUSE Search Webservice
https://software.opensuse.org/search
08/08/2019 https://github.com/openSUSE/