<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> Got-ya, thanks Matthias. Pretty cool. Regards Jean > Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 18:35:08 +0200 > From: matthias@nlinux.org > To: packagekit@lists.freedesktop.org > Subject: Re: [packagekit] app-install 0.1.0 released! > > On Sun, 5 Sep 2010 02:18:47 +1200, Jean Hubbard <jean_p57@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > Just out of curiousity, > > > > On an Ubuntu system using packagekit and packagekit-gnome the setup > looks > > something like, > > > > backend-apt -> packagekit -> packagekit-gnome. > > > > Where does app-install fit in relevant to all this. Is it like a > Software > > Sources or more for installing packages(gdebi) or perhaps even like > dpkg? > AppInstall just provides information which packages contain which > applications. It makes PK frontends able to offer installation/removals of > applications through the package management. > E.g. if the package "vlc" contains the application "VLC Media Player", > GNOME-PackageKit will not display only the package "vlc" but also an entrs > "VLC Media Player" with the application's icon, description etc. > You can compare AppInstall to the data the Ubuntu SoftwareCenter. > GNOME-PackageKit will have simmilar possibilities like USC if AppInstall is > included. > Cheers > Matthias > > > Sorry im still trying to understand how package management fits together > > in Linux. > > > > Regards > > Jean. > > _______________________________________________ > PackageKit mailing list > PackageKit@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/packagekit </body> </html>