libept-dev 0.5.26ubuntu1 (i386 binary) in ubuntu karmic

 The library defines a very minimal framework in which many sources of data
 about Debian packages can be implemented and queried together.
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 The library includes four data sources:
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  * APT: access the APT database
  * Debtags: access the Debtags tag information
  * Popcon: access Popcon package scores
  * The Xapian index built by apt-xapian-index
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 This is the development library.