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<title>PackageKit</title>
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css" media="screen"/>
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<body>
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<table align="center" class="title">
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<tr>
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<td><img src="img/packagekit.png"/></td>
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<td width="95%" valign="middle"><p class="title">How do I use PackageKit?</p></td>
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<td><img src="img/packagekit.png"/></td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<p>Back to the <a href="index.html">main page</a></p>
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<h1>How do I use PackageKit?</h1>
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<h2>Using the command line</h2>
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<p>
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The <code>pkcon</code> text-mode program allows you to interact with
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PackageKit on the command. For example:
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<pre>
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[hughsie@laptop ~]$ pkcon get updates
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normal powertop i386 1.8-1.fc8 fedora Power consumption monitor
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security kernel i386 2.6.23-0.115.rc3.git1.fc8 installed The Linux kernel
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security gtkhtml2 i386 2.19.1-4.fc8 fedora An HTML widget for GTK+ 2.0
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Runtime was 0 seconds
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</pre>
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<p>or</p>
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<pre>
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[hughsie@laptop ~]$ pkcon search name power
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installed powerman i386 1.0.25-2.fc7 installed PowerMan - Power to the Cluster
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installed powertop i386 1.8-1.fc8 installed Power consumption monitor
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installed gnome-power-manager i386 2.20.0-5.fc8 installed GNOME Power Manager
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available kpowersave i386 0.7.3-0.2svn20070828.fc8 development KPowersave is the KDE frontend for powermanagement
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available kadu-powerkadu i386 0.5.0-4.fc8 development Powerkadu module for Kadu
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available powermanga i386 0.90-1 development Arcade 2D shoot-them-up game
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Runtime was 2 seconds
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</pre>
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<p>
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The <code>pkmon</code> program allows you to monitor what PackageKit is
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doing on the command line and is mainly used for debugging.
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</p>
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<h2>Using graphical tools:</h2>
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<p>
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<code>gnome-packagekit</code> provides a rich set of GTK tools for
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automatically updating your computer and installing software.
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See the <a href="pk-screenshots.html">screenshots page</a> for more details.
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</p>
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<h2>Using libpackagekit:</h2>
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<p>
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The libpackagekit gobject library wraps the DBUS interface in a nice
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glib-style API.
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This makes designing programs that use libpackagekit can concentrate on
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core functionality rather that the DBUS and PackageKit internals.
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PkClient in libpackagekit can be used as easily as:
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<pre>
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PkClient *client;
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client = pk_client_new ();
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pk_client_install_package (client, "openoffice-clipart");
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g_object_unref (client);
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</pre>
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<h2>Using the raw DBUS API:</h2>
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<p>
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Using the DBUS methods and signals directly means that no glib or
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gobject dependency is needed, although this means you will have to
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manage the transaction_id multiplexing in any client program.
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This is not difficult, although does require more code than just using
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libpackagekit.
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The latest interface is available in the source tree or <a href="http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=packagekit.git;a=blob;f=src/pk-interface.xml">online</a>.
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</p>
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<p>Back to the <a href="index.html">main page</a></p>
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