m4yt / proglistr.js

A simple node.js library for listing installed programs.

ProgListr.js

A simple node.js library for listing installed programs. Developed for StatusPilatus.

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Getting started

One simple solution for listing all your installed programs. No npm dependencies. Currently functioning with Windows, Mac and Linux.

Installation

To install this library, simply run npm install proglistr.

Usage

There is only one function, called getProgs(). This function is asynchronous and returns a promise with an array of objects. Every object represents a program, with a name and a version (and architecture if ran on linux). Add the library to your program by putting const plistr = require('proglistr');. From there you can call the function as plistr.getProgs() and then do with the data as you please.

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License

MIT, see LICENSE for details.

proglistr.js's Issues

Incomplete list on Linux

I have the following problem when running ProgListr on Linux:
The output stops at a certain point because the maxBuffer is exceeded.
Error: stdout maxBuffer exceeded is the Error it produces,
but it somehow also resolves the Promise.
For fixes, see this stackoverflow https://stackoverflow.com/a/23429654

Incorrectly parsed multiline programs

Sometimes a program with a long version number on Linux uses multiple lines to display a program.
These programs usually end up with an incorrect name, version and arch. Example of a broken program: { name: '1.2', version: '', arch: '4-9' }