Required packages ----------------- aptitude install python python-debian python-lzma curl python-jinja2 python-werkzeug sqlite3 python-imaging python-yaml python-concurrent.futures python-pkg-resources python-sqlalchemy Create a database ----------------- The database name is currently hardcoded as `test.sqlite3`. So copy the SQL statements from `schema.sql` into `sqlite3 test.sqlite3`. In addition it is highly recommended to put the database into WAL mode. Otherwise all your reading queries will block forever when doing an import. This setting is permanent. PRAGMA journal_mode = WAL; Import packages --------------- Import individual packages by feeding them to importpkg.py and readyaml.py: ./importpkg.py < somepkg.deb | ./readyaml.py You can import your local apt cache: ./autoimport.py /var/cache/apt/archives Import a full mirror (only http supported): ./autoimport.py -n -p http://your.mirror.example/debian After changing the database, a few tables caching expensive computations need to be (re)generated. Execute `./update_sharing.py`. Without this step the web interface will report wrong results. Viewing the results ------------------- Run `./webapp.py` and enjoy a webinterface at `0.0.0.0:8800` or inspect the SQL database by hand. Here are some example queries. Finding the 100 largest files shared with multiple packages. SELECT pa.name, a.filename, pb.name, b.filename, a.size FROM content AS a JOIN hash AS ha ON a.id = ha.cid JOIN hash AS hb ON ha.hash = hb.hash JOIN content AS b ON b.id = hb.cid JOIN package AS pa ON a.pid = pa.id JOIN package AS pb ON b.pid = pb.id WHERE (a.pid != b.pid OR a.filename != b.filename) ORDER BY a.size DESC LIMIT 100; Finding those top 100 files that save most space when being reduced to only one copy in the archive. SELECT hash, sum(size)-min(size), count(*), count(distinct pid) FROM content JOIN hash ON content.id = hash.cid JOIN function ON hash.fid = function.id WHERE function.name = "sha512" GROUP BY hash ORDER BY sum(size)-min(size) DESC LIMIT 100; Finding PNG images that do not carry a .png file extension. SELECT package.name, content.filename, content.size FROM content JOIN hash ON content.id = hash.cid JOIN package ON content.pid = package.id JOIN function ON hash.fid = function.id WHERE function.name = "png_sha512" AND lower(filename) NOT LIKE "%.png"; Finding .gz files which either are not gziped or contain errors. SELECT package.name, content.filename FROM content JOIN package ON content.pid = package.id WHERE filename LIKE "%.gz" AND (SELECT count(*) FROM hash JOIN function ON hash.fid = function.id WHERE hash.cid = content.id AND function.name = "gzip_sha512") = 0;