[packagekit] app-install 0.1.0 released!

[Matthias Klumpp]

On Sun, 5 Sep 2010 02:18:47 +1200, Jean Hubbard <jean_p57 at 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.