---
name: "AptPkg::PkgRecords"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libapt-pkg-perl"
version: "0.1.42"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/AptPkg::PkgRecords"
---

# AptPkg::PkgRecords(3pm)

APT package description class

## NAME

AptPkg::PkgRecords - APT package description class

## SYNOPSIS

use AptPkg::PkgRecords;

## DESCRIPTION

The AptPkg::PkgRecords module provides an interface to the parsed contents of package files.

### AptPkg::PkgRecords

The AptPkg::PkgRecords package Implements the **APT** pkgRecords class.

An instance of the AptPkg::PkgRecords class may be fetched using the `"packages"` method from an AptPkg::Cache object.

*Methods*

- lookup(*PACK*)

  Return a hash (or hash reference, depending on context) for the given package.

  *PACK* may either be an AptPkg::Cache::VerFile object, an AptPkg::Cache::DescFile object or a package name.

  The hash contains the following keys:

  `"FileName"`, `"Checksum-FileSize"`, `"MD5Hash"`, `"SHA256"`, `"SourcePkg"`, `"Maintainer"`, `"ShortDesc"`, `"LongDesc"` and `"Name"`.

  with values taken from the packages or translation file.

  Note that `"LongDesc"` is generally not useful for AptPkg::Cache::VerFile objects, which refer to the Packages file, as these no longer contain the full description (now in the Translation files).

  If *PACK* is a package name, these additional values are set:

  `"Section"` and `"VerStr"`.

  and the following values are overridden with the translated versions:

  `"ShortDesc"` and `"LongDesc"`.

## SEE ALSO

[**AptPkg::Cache**(3pm)](/AptPkg::Cache/3pm.md), [**AptPkg**(3pm)](/AptPkg/3pm.md).

## AUTHOR

Brendan O'Dea \<bod@debian.org\>