Interface LinuxPackageMixin

All Known Subinterfaces:

LinuxDebPackage, LinuxPackage, LinuxRpmPackage

All Known Implementing Classes:

LinuxPackageMixin.Stub

public interface LinuxPackageMixin

Details of Linux package.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static final record	LinuxPackageMixin.Stub	Default implementation of LinuxPackageMixin interface.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Optional<String>	additionalDependencies()	Gets a string with the additional dependencies of this package.
String	arch()	Gets the platform architecture of this package.
Optional<String>	category()	Gets the category of this package.
String	menuGroupName()	Gets the name of the start menu group where to create shortcuts for application launchers of this package.
Optional<String>	release()	Gets the release of this package.

Method Details

menuGroupName

String menuGroupName()

Gets the name of the start menu group where to create shortcuts for application launchers of this package.

It sets the value of the "Categories" property in .desktop files of the package.

Should be one of the values from https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu/latest/category-registry.html

Returns:

the name of the start menu group where to create shortcuts for application launchers of this package

See Also:

• LinuxLauncherMixin.shortcut()

category

Optional<String> category()

Gets the category of this package.

For RPM packages this is the value of the optional "Group" property.

For DEB packages this is the value of the mandatory "Section" property. The present list of recognized values.

Returns:

the category of this package

additionalDependencies

Optional<String> additionalDependencies()

Gets a string with the additional dependencies of this package. Returns an empty Optional instance if this package has no additional dependencies.

Returns:

a string with the additional dependencies of this package

release

Optional<String> release()

Gets the release of this package. Returns an empty Optional instance if this package doesn't have a release.

For RPM packages, this is the value of the "Release" property in spec file. RPM packages always have a release.

For DEB packages, this is an optional debian_revision component of a package version. See https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-version#.

Returns:

the release of this package

arch

String arch()

Gets the platform architecture of this package.

Returns:

the platform architecture of this package