Pykgin is an API to use pkgin in Python program.
This project is no longer maintained, but if you are willing to take over, we'd be happy to have you onboard!
>>> from pykgin import Pykgin
>>> pykg = Pykgin()
>>> pykg.update()
>>> pykg.installed("wget")
False
>>> pykg.install("wget")
{'download_size': '0B', 'install_size': '2131K', 'packages': [{'version': '1.14nb1', 'name': 'wget'}]}
>>> pykg.installed("wget")
True
>>> pykg.remove("wget")
>>> pykg.installed("wget")
False
>>> pykg.requires("wget")
['/usr/pkg/lib/libidn.so.11', '/usr/lib/libz.so.1', '/usr/lib/libssl.so.10', '/usr/lib/libintl.so.1', '/usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1', '/usr/lib/libdes.so.8', '/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.8', '/usr/lib/libc.so.
12', '/lib/libcrypt.so.1']
>>> pykg.provides("wget")
[]
>>> pykg.search("wget")
[{'state': None, 'version': '2.20', 'name': 'wgetpaste'}, {'state': None, 'version': '1.14nb1', 'name': 'wget'}]
>>> pykg.show_pkg_category("wget")
['net']
>>> pykg.show_deps("wget")
[{'version': '1.26', 'name': 'libidn'}]
and more...