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27 lines
954 B
Markdown
Hif PackageKit Backend
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This backend is designed to *replace* the yum backend in PackageKit.
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It uses the following libraries:
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* libhif : for tieing all the libraries below together
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* librepo : checking and downloading repository metadata
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* hawkey : for depsolving
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* rpm : for actually installing the packages on the system
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It also uses a lot of internal glue to hold all the pieces together. These have
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mostly been reused from the Zif project, hence all the Hif prefixes everywhere.
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These are some key file locations:
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* /var/cache/PackageKit/metadata/ : Used to store the repository metadata
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* /var/cache/PackageKit/metadata/*/packages : Used for cached packages
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* /etc/yum.repos.d/ : the hardcoded location for .repo files
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* /etc/pki/rpm-gpg : the hardcoded location for the GPG signatures
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* $libdir/packagekit-backend/ : location of PackageKit backend objects
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Things we haven't yet decided:
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* How to access comps data
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