PackageKit: Call for testing

Category: Ubuntu

The APT backend for PackageKit has made a lot of progress recently in the 0.3.x series. It nearly supports all features of PackageKit. 

Highlights of the 0.3.x series are:

  • Search for codecs and mime type handlers
  • Local file installation
  • Change log for updates
  • Group support
  • Repository handling
  • Notification of new distro releases
  • A lot of bug fixes

See the feature matrix for more infromation.

Currently we have got a quite outdated 0.2.4 version in Intrepid. Furthermore sharing the same version would help to reduce maintenance burden, since Fedora plans to ship 0.3.2 in the next release. But before proposing a freeze exception I would like to have some feedback.

So if you are interested in this piece of software and want to push packagekit forward please test it on your system and report bugs that you may encounter.

You can find packages of the upcoming 0.3.2 release for Hardy and Intrepid in this Personal Package Archive. Add the repository and install the packages packagekit and packagekit-gnome.

The new applications will appear in the System->Administration menu.

 

Update: I uploaded packages to the PPA which fix a problem with PolicyKit. Furthermore I fixed the reference to packagekit-gnome package above.

Update: I just upgraded the packages to 0.3.5 and filled a new freeze exception:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/packagekit/+bug/276264

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  1. Lucky Hübner

    Sunday, 07-09-08 19:14

    If I try pkcon install [packagename]
    I get
    Command failed: Could not find package to install: [packagename]

    Are firefox and ubuntu-desktop really not available? I don't think so.

  2. Lucky Hübner

    Sunday, 07-09-08 19:09

    I often get this error message:

    The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!

  3. Achim Frase

    Friday, 05-09-08 14:15

    @Luca Venturini, as I understand it, Policykit gives you better control what parts of a program should have "super user" permissions. That means that not the entire program runs with "super user" permissions.

    That is better for the security of a system.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolicyKit

    If I understood something wrong, then please correct me.

    Regards
    Achim

  4. Achim Frase

    Friday, 05-09-08 13:22

    gpk-update-icon does not work.

    @Sebastian Heinlein, let me know if I should fill a bug report at launchpad or if it is okay to post the problems here.

    $ gpk-update-icon -v
    TI:13:11:55 TH:0x636d00 FI:egg-debug.c FN:egg_debug_init,281
    - Verbose debugging 1 (on console 1)
    TI:13:11:55 TH:0x636d00 FI:gpk-smart-icon.c FN:gpk_smart_icon_set_priority,239
    - set priority 2

    (gpk-update-icon:11402): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: cannot register existing type `EggDbusMonitor'

    (gpk-update-icon:11402): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed

    (gpk-update-icon:11402): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_new: assertion `G_TYPE_IS_OBJECT (object_type)' failed

    (gpk-update-icon:11402): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid (NULL) pointer instance

    (gpk-update-icon:11402): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_signal_connect_data: assertion `G_TYPE_CHECK_INSTANCE (instance)' failed

    Regards
    Achim

  5. Achim Frase

    Friday, 05-09-08 11:20

    Okay, now I can use packagekit.

    I have noticed a problem. If I add or activate a repository packagekit doesn't update the database.
    If I start gpk-update-viewer it says that there are no updates but actually there are updates that I can install with the "normal" update-manager from ubuntu.

    Is that a known problem?

    Regards
    Achim
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