session-installer
allows applications to easily install and remove software
see also :
aptd
Synopsis
session-installer
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description
Session-installer
allows applications to easily install additional software
(e.g. extensions or GSreamer codecs), uninstall files and
perform simple package status queries by calling a
distribution neutral D-Bus interface.
The whole
process of confirmation, error reporting and progress
notification is handled by sessioninstaller. Currently it
comes only with a GTK based user interface.
The D-Bus
interface is developed under the PackageKit umbrella and is
available on the session bus. The reference implementation
can be found in gnome-packagekit. It was also adpoted by
KPackageKit.
In contrast to
gnome-packagekit and KPackageKit it doesn’t use the
PackageKit daemon for querying and installation, but instead
makes use of APT and aptdaemon directly (alternatively
synaptic can be used).
Normally it is
not required to start this programme manually since it makes
use of D-Bus activation and will be started on request
automatically.
environment
SESSIONINSTALLER_BACKEND
Set the package manager which should be used for installation.
Possible values are aptdaemon, synaptic and
dummy.
homepage
https://launchpad.net/sessioninstaller
bugs
You can report
bugs at the Launchpad site of aptdaemon:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/sessioninstaller/+filebug
see also
aptd
http://www.packagekit.org/pk-faq.html#session-methods
author
Sebastian
Heinlein <devel at glatzor dot de>