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SCOUT(1)		  http://en.opensuse.org/Sco		      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

NOTES
	1. Scout OBS data repository
	   http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/prusnak:/scout/data

	2. Wiki page about Scout
	   http://en.opensuse.org/Scout

	3. openSUSE Search Webservice
	   http://software.opensuse.org/search

http://gitorious.org/opensus	  08/07/2009			      SCOUT(1)
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