Using python-apt in checks

[directionless]

Hi! I'd like to write an agent check that uses the apt python library.

I know that on debian and ubuntu host, this is part of the python-apt package. Whose source is git://anonscm.debian.org/apt/python-apt.git But I don't know if that ties into omnibus.

I see https://pypi.python.org/pypi/apt/ but that looks surprisingly out of date.

Do you have any advice?

[olivielpeau]

Hi @directionless! Since the pip pkg looks outdated you can try using the python-apt source and build it into the agent embedded python env with the setup.py script of python-apt.

You can have a look at the software definition of pip for an example of this.

Let us know if that works!