Python interface to libapt-pkg The apt_pkg Python interface will provide full access to the internal libapt-pkg structures allowing Python programs to easily perform a variety of functions, such as: - Access to the APT configuration system - Access to the APT package information database - Parsing of Debian package control files, and other files with a similar structure The included 'aptsources' Python interface provides an abstraction of the sources.list configuration on the repository and the distro level.