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h1. The swidGenerator Tool

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"swidGenerator":https://github.com/tnc-ba/swidGenerator is an open source python-based tool written by the HSR students Danilo Bargen, Christian Fässler and Jonas Furrer which is able to generate ISO/IEC 1977-2-2014 Software Identification (SWID) tags for all installed software packages installed by the Linux *dpkg* and *yum* packet managers.

h2. Installation

h3. Download

Next download the latest swidGenerator tarball from https://github.com/tnc-ba/swidGenerator/archive/master.zip and unpack the archive with the command

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unzip swidGenerator-master.zip

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h3. Required Packages under Debian or Ubuntu

Make sure that the *python* and *python-setuptools* are present on your system. Otherwise install them with

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sudo apt-get install python python-setuptools

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h3. Required Packages under Fedora or RedHat Enterprise Linux

h3. Installation

Change into the unpacked archive and execute the command

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sudo python setup.py install

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and the *swid_generator* function usually installed in */usr/local/bin* becomes available.

h2. Usage

h3. Generate Software IDs

The command

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swid_generator software-id

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creates a list of Unique Software Identifications of the form

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regid.2004-03.org.strongswan_debian_7.4-x86_64-acpi-support-base-0.140-5

regid.2004-03.org.strongswan_debian_7.4-x86_64-acpid-1:2.0.16-1+deb7u1

regid.2004-03.org.strongswan_debian_7.4-x86_64-adduser-3.113+nmu3

regid.2004-03.org.strongswan_debian_7.4-x86_64-apache2-2.2.22-13+deb7u1

...

regid.2004-03.org.strongswan_debian_7.4-x86_64-xz-utils-5.1.1alpha+20120614-2

regid.2004-03.org.strongswan_debian_7.4-x86_64-zlib1g-1:1.2.7.dfsg-13

regid.2004-03.org.strongswan_debian_7.4-x86_64-zlib1g-dev-1:1.2.7.dfsg-13

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By default the *regid.2004-03.org.strongswan* regid is used as the tagcreator.

With the *--regid <tagcreator>* option an arbitrary regid can be configured

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swid_generator software-id --regid regid.1999-03.org.debian

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which generates the list

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regid.1999-03.org.debian_debian_7.4-x86_64-acpi-support-base-0.140-5

regid.1999-03.org.debian_debian_7.4-x86_64-acpid-1:2.0.16-1+deb7u1

...

regid.1999-03.org.debian_debian_7.4-x86_64-zlib1g-1:1.2.7.dfsg-13

regid.1999-03.org.debian_debian_7.4-x86_64-zlib1g-dev-1:1.2.7.dfsg-13

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The *--doc-separator* option allows to define a single character or a character string separating the individual Software IDs.

 * --doc-separator '@'

<pre>regid.2004-03.org.strongswan_debian_7.4-x86_64-acpi-support-base-0.140-5@regid.2004-03.org.strongswan_debian_7.4-x86_64-acpid-1:2.0.16-1+deb7u1@...</pre>

 * --doc-separator '::'

<pre>regid.2004-03.org.strongswan_debian_7.4-x86_64-acpi-support-base-0.140-5::regid.2004-03.org.strongswan_debian_7.4-x86_64-acpid-1:2.0.16-1+deb7u1::...</pre>

 * --doc-separator $'\n'

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regid.2004-03.org.strongswan_debian_7.4-x86_64-acpi-support-base-0.140-5

regid.2004-03.org.strongswan_debian_7.4-x86_64-acpid-1:2.0.16-1+deb7u1

...

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* --doc-separator $'\n\n'   (which is currently the default)

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regid.2004-03.org.strongswan_debian_7.4-x86_64-acpi-support-base-0.140-5

regid.2004-03.org.strongswan_debian_7.4-x86_64-acpid-1:2.0.16-1+deb7u1

...

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h3 Generate SWID Tags