---
name: "pdbv"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "pdbv"
version: "2.0.11-0.4"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pdbv"
---

# pdbv(8)

generate a (X)HTML view of the dpkg or rpm database

## NAME

pdbv - generate a (X)HTML view of the dpkg or rpm database

## SYNOPSIS

**pdbv** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents the **pdbv** command. The program generates a navigable view of the dpkg or rpm database of the system it is invoked on. The resulting (X)HTML output can be viewed with a browser.

It starts to look for a file named **/etc/pdbv/pdbvrc** then for files named **$HOME/.pdbvrc** and **$HOME/.pdbvrc2.** Finally it uses command line arguments.

## OPTIONS

The programs follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options is included below.

- **-d, --dir=/path**

  Output directory. A directory called pdbv will be created in there.

- **--xhtml**

  Generate XHTML output (default).

- **--listing=type**

  Type of listing : basic, group (by section/group), date, all. (this option applies to xhtml/html output) (missing in pdbv 2.0.x)

- **--light**

  Run faster but generate a less polished output. For instance, links will not be created from urls and emails. You should not use this option unless pdbv take more than a minute to run.

- **-f, --force**

  Update all entries, even if they seem up-to-date.

- **--debug**

  Print out debug messages, use warnings.

- **--cron=delay**

  Run only if the cron delay specified on the command line is equal to the cron delay specified in the configuration file. This option is used in /etc/cron.d/pdbv

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **--version**

  Show version of program.

## SEE ALSO

[dpkg(8)](/dpkg/8.md), [rpm(8)](/rpm/8.md).\

## AUTHORS

Mathieu Roy \<yeupou@gnu.org\>, Paulo Miguel Peralta Ferreira \<pmpf@ist.utl.pt\>, Federico Montesino Pouzols \<fedemp@suidzer0.org\>, Arkadiusz Lipiec \<A.Lipiec@elka.pw.edu.pl\>, Florian M. Weps \<fmw@debian.org\>.\
 This manual page was written by Florian M. Weps, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).