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* Add 0.1.1 to Release Versions section, * Add optional keyword to libnm dependency, * Remove backends status percentages and redirect to FAQ
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<html>
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<head>
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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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</head>
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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">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>Where do I download it?</h1>
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<h2>Precompiled Packages</h2>
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<p>
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Your distribution may already have compiled packages that are much
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easier to install.
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<ul>
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<li>Conary: Yes, just run: <code>sudo conary update PackageKit gnome-packagekit</code></li>
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<li>Fedora 8: Yes, just install <a href="http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/fedora/">this</a> repository file and run: <code>yum install PackageKit gnome-packagekit</code> (as root)</li>
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<li>Others: Probably not, although you can compile from source. See below for more details.</li>
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</ul>
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</p>
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<h2>Released Versions</h2>
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<p>
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Released versions are found on
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<a href="http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/releases/">people.freedesktop.org</a>.
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</p>
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<table>
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<tr><td><b>Version</b></td><td> </td><td><b>Date</b></td></tr>
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<tr><td>0.1.0</td><td></td><td>2007-10-16</td></tr>
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<tr><td>0.1.1</td><td></td><td>2007-10-23</td></tr>
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</table>
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<h2>Dependencies</h2>
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<p>
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The actual PackageKit daemon needs:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li><code>glib</code> 2.14.0</li>
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<li><code>dbus</code> newer than 1.1.3 (20070819 or later)</li>
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<li><code>dbus-glib</code> 0.74</li>
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<li><code>libnm</code> 0.6.4 (optional)</li>
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<li><code>polkit-dbus</code> 0.5</li>
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<li><code>polkit-grant</code> 0.5</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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gnome-packagekit will need all the usual GNOME libs as well.
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Just make sure you install PackageKit before gnome-packagekit!
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</p>
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<h2>Compiling the latest code</h2>
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<p>
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You can get the latest code from the public git repo on freedesktop.
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</p>
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<pre>
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git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/packagekit
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git clone git://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/gnome-packagekit
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</pre>
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<p>
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If you want to commit changes or a new backend, then please email the
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mailing list and we can give you access to a developer server.
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The developer server is always up to date, and the anonymous git is synced
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about twice a day.
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Having a two tier server lets developers review code for correctness and
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security problems before it's used in the real world.
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</p>
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<h2>Adding backends to PackageKit</h2>
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<p>
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PackageKit itself is an abstract daemon, the only bits that are distro
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specific are the backends.<br/>
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To make PackageKit work on a new distribution, you have to write a
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"backend" which is basically a shim layer from the distro tool to
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packagekitd. A backend can have one or more threads and also spawn other processes.<br/>
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See the developer information <a href="pk-reference.html">here</a> for loads more
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information.
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</p>
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<p>
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Backends do not have to be complete; often they just contain basic
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functionality to install and remove but do not provide dependency or file
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lists for example. See the FAQ <a href="pk-faq.html">here</a> for backends status.
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</p>
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<p>
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We need people to create backends, and then package (pardon the pun)
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PackageKit and gnome-packagekit for more distributions.
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I think it's important that installing and updating software should be
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as easy as possible.
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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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</body>
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</html>
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