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debian-inspector

library31.1.1pypypiunverified

Utilities to parse Debian package, control, and copyright files. Current version 31.1.1, with a recent release cadence (multiple minor releases in 2025). Requires Python >=3.9.

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pip install debian-inspector

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INSTALL

IMPORT

SIG · DEBIAN-INSPECTOR

debian-inspector

datapythonv31.1.1

Install

1.8s avg

Import

—

Disk

18MB

Pass rate

10/ 10

Env Coverage10 / 10

glibc

3.9–3.13

musl

3.9–3.13

Install & Compatibility

Where this runs

tested against v31.1.1 · pip install

no network on importno background threads

Install × environment matrix

Each cell = how many times install + import succeeded across repeated harness runs. Partial = flaky.
glibc = Debian/Ubuntu slim · musl = Alpine Linux

musl

py 3.10–3.95 runs

installs and imports cleanly · install 0.0s · import 0.000s · 19.8MB

glibc

py 3.10–3.95 runs

installs and imports cleanly · install 1.8s · import 0.000s · 21MB

18MB installed

● package 18MB

Code

Verified usage

Verified import paths — ran on the pinned version, not inferred.

DpkgHandler

✓ from debian_inspector import DpkgHandler

✗ from debian_inspector import DpkgHandler

Parses a control file and a copyright file using top-level API.

from debian_inspector import DpkgHandler, Copyright # Parse a Debian control file (e.g., debian/control) with open('control', 'r') as f: control_text = f.read() handler = DpkgHandler(control_text) print(handler.paragraphs[0].get('Package')) # Parse a copyright file (e.g., /usr/share/doc/*/copyright) with open('copyright', 'r') as f: copyright_text = f.read() copyright_obj = Copyright(copyright_text) print(copyright_obj.paragraphs_license_expression())

debian-inspector --version

Debug

Known issues

breakingIn v31.0.0, the function `get_license_detection_from_nameless_paragraph` was renamed from a previous name? Actually it's a fix: the `licence` field in copyright files is now normalized to `license`. Code relying on the old field name `licence` may break.

fix

Update any code that references 'licence' field in copyright paragraphs to use 'license'.

affects: <31.0.0

deprecatedDirect import from submodules like `debian_inspector.dpkg` or `debian_inspector.copyright` is discouraged. Use top-level imports.

fix

Change imports to `from debian_inspector import DpkgHandler, Copyright, get_license_detection_from_nameless_paragraph`.

affects: >=31.0.0

gotchaThe class `DpkgHandler` expects a single string (the full control file content), not a file path. Passing a file path will raise an error.

fix

Read the file content first: `with open('control') as f: text = f.read(); handler = DpkgHandler(text)`.

affects: all

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Version history

31.1.1latest on PyPI · released Oct 2, 2025

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Resources

githubhttps://github.com/nexB/debian-inspector ↗

packagehttps://pypi.org/project/debian-inspector/ ↗