[packagekit] packagekit Debian backend has issues.

dE . de.techno at gmail.com
Fri Oct 7 06:48:50 PDT 2011


On 10/07/11 19:23, Daniel Nicoletti wrote:
> First of all are you using aptcc backend?
>
> If so please keep in mind that we don't do magic,
> the gui filter only filters by the package section.
> Not showing a browser simply means that the package name
> and details didn't had the browser keyword.
> ________________________________
> Daniel Nicoletti - KDE Developer
> http://dantti.wordpress.com
> When a wicked man dies, his hope perishes;
> all he expected from his power comes to nothing. Prov. 11:7
>
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>     *De:* dE . <de.techno at gmail.com>
>     *Para:* packagekit at lists.freedesktop.org
>     *Enviadas:* Sexta-feira, 7 de Outubro de 2011 10:14
>     *Assunto:* [packagekit] packagekit Debian backend has issues.
>
>     Hi.
>
>     I was looking forward twards a simple graphical package manager
>     for the very end user (Mac/Win migrants), since Ubuntu's software
>     center isn't available, I decided to use package kit.
>
>     It appears that the Debian frontend of packagekit isn't at the
>     right state, the search results were very wrong using the GTK
>     frontend. I used pkcon to get some sample output -
>
>     Search string -- pkcon --filter=gui search details browser
>
>     Result:
>     Available      alevt-1:1.6.2-4.amd64                      X11
>     Teletext/Videotext browser
>     Available      awn-applets-python-core-0.4.0-4.all        A
>     collection of applets for Awn, written in python
>     Installed      banshee-extension-liveradio-2.2.0-1.all   
>     LiveRadio extension for Banshee
>     Available      betaradio-1.3-1.amd64                      Internet
>     radio of Taiwan
>     Available      cairo-dock-quick-browser-plugin-2.3.0~3-2.amd64   
>     Cairo-dock - Quick browser plug-in
>     Available      comix-4.0.4-1.all                          GTK
>     Comic Book Viewer
>     Installed      deskbar-applet-2.32.0-1+b2.amd64           
>     universal search and navigation bar for GNOME
>     Available      epiphany-browser-3.0.4-1.amd64             
>     Intuitive GNOME web browser
>     Available      epiphany-browser-data-3.0.4-1.all          Data
>     files for the GNOME web browser
>     Available      epiphany-extensions-3.0.0-3.amd64         
>     Extensions for Epiphany web browser
>     Available      file-browser-applet-0.6.6-1.amd64          browse
>     and open files on your computer from the GNOME panel
>     Available      fsviewer-0.2.5-6.1.amd64                    A NeXT
>     FileViewer lookalike
>     Available      fsviewer-icons-1.0-5.all                    icons
>     for fsviewer to make it look more like the NeXT FileViewer
>     Available      geeqie-1:1.0-9.amd64                        image
>     viewer using GTK+
>     Available      geeqie-common-1:1.0-9.all                  data
>     files for Geeqie
>     Available      geeqie-gps-1:1.0-9.amd64                    image
>     viewer using GTK+ (with support for GPS maps)
>     Available      gimp-2.6.11-3+b2.amd64                      The GNU
>     Image Manipulation Program
>     Installed      gnome-core-1:2.30+11.amd64                  The
>     GNOME Desktop Environment -- essential components
>     Available      googlizer-0.3-3.amd64                      utility
>     to search Google via your GNOME menu/panel
>     Installed      gthumb-3:2.13.1-1.amd64                    an image
>     viewer and browser
>     Installed      gthumb-data-3:2.13.1-1.all                  an
>     image viewer and browser - arch-independent files
>     Available      gtkcookie-0.4-5.amd64                      editor
>     for cookie files
>     Installed      gucharmap-1:3.0.1-1.amd64                  Unicode
>     character picker and font browser
>     Available      kcheckgmail-0.6.0-1+b1.amd64                A Gmail
>     notifier-like notifier for KDE
>     Available      kde-plasma-desktop-5:70.amd64              KDE
>     Plasma Desktop and minimal set of applications
>     Available      kde-plasma-netbook-5:70.amd64              KDE
>     Plasma Netbook and minimal set of applications
>     Available      kdevelop-4:4.2.2-1.amd64                   
>     integrated development environment for KDE
>     Available      kdevelop-data-4:4.2.2-1.all                data
>     files for the KDevelop IDE
>     Available      kdevelop-dev-4:4.2.2-1.amd64               
>     development files for the KDevelop IDE
>     Available      klipper-4:4.6.5-3.amd64                   
>     clipboard manager
>     Available      kpartsplugin-20110606-1.amd64             
>     Netscape-compatible plugin to embed KDE file-viewers into browser
>     Available      libgd-tools-2.0.36~rc1~dfsg-5.1+b1.amd64    GD
>     command line tools and example code
>     Available      libgdl-1-common-2.30.1-1.all                GNOME
>     DevTool libraries - common files
>     Available      libgdl-3-common-3.0.2-1.all                GNOME
>     DevTool libraries - common files
>     Available      mythbrowser-0.24.1+fixes20110725-0.0.amd64    Small
>     web browser module for MythTV
>     Available      mythnetvision-0.24.1+fixes20110725-0.0.amd64   
>     Plugin for watching internet content
>     Available      mythnetvision-data-0.24.1+fixes20110725-0.0.all   
>     Plugin for watching internet content
>     Available      mythweb-0.24+fixes20110507-0.0.all          An
>     integrated web browser plugin for your MythTV system
>     Available      nitrogen-1.5.1-1.amd64                     
>     wallpaper browser and changing utility for X
>     Available      partlibrary-2.1.2.8-1-1.all               
>     Electrical and processing parts and symbols for QCad 2
>     Available      password-gorilla-1.5.3.4-1.all             
>     cross-platform password manager
>     Available      photon-0.4.6-3.all                          a
>     static HTML gallery generator
>     Available      rhythmbox-plugins-0.12.8-5+b1.amd64        plugins
>     for rhythmbox music player
>     Available      smb4k-0.10.10-1.amd64                      Samba
>     (SMB) share advanced browser for KDE
>     Available      sozi-11.07-1.all                           
>     inkscape extension for creating animated presentations
>     Available      sugar-browse-activity-0.84-108-10.all      web
>     browsing activity for the Sugar graphical shell
>     Available      sugar-browse-activity-0.86-120-1.all        web
>     browsing activity for the Sugar graphical shell
>     Available      telegnome-0.1.1-4.amd64                    A
>     graphical teletext viewer
>     Available      tkdesk-2.0-9.1.amd64                        Tk/tcl
>     based X11 Desktop/File manager
>     Available      ttb-1.0.1-3.all                            Browse
>     teletekst (Dutch) on your computer
>     Available      unixodbc-bin-2.3.0-1.amd64                 
>     Graphical tools for ODBC management and browsing
>     Available      x11-apps-7.6+5.amd64                        X
>     applications
>     Available      xemacs21-gnome-mule-21.4.22-3.1+b1.amd64    highly
>     customizable text editor -- transitional package
>     Available      xemacs21-gnome-mule-canna-wnn-21.4.22-3.1+b1.amd64 
>       highly customizable text editor -- transitional package
>     Available      xemacs21-gnome-nomule-21.4.22-3.1+b1.amd64   
>     highly customizable text editor -- transitional package
>     Available      xmotd-1.17.3b-5.amd64                      a
>     message of the day browser for X
>     Installed      yelp-2.30.1+webkit-1+b1.amd64              Help
>     browser for GNOME
>     Available      yelp-xsl-3.0.2-2.all                        XSL
>     stylesheets for the yelp help browser
>
>     The result doesn't contain a single relevant package that I was
>     searching for -- a web browser or file browser. The graphical
>     package filter appears to just modify the output randomly, for
>     e.g. libgdl-1-common-2.30.1-1.all and libgdl-3-common-3.0.2-1.all
>     are not graphical packages and dont even contain the browser keyword.
>     epiphany-browser-data, geeqie-common, kdevelop-dev are not
>     graphical packages.
>
>     pkcon --filter=gui search details winff
>
>     Gives no results, whereas there's a graphical package with the
>     exact name.
>
>     Query:pkcon --filter=gui search details convert
>     Result:
>     Available      abr2gbr-1:1.0.2-2.amd64                    Converts
>     PhotoShop brushes to GIMP
>     Available      apng2gif-1.3-2.amd64                        convert
>     APNG animated images to GIF files
>     Available      autotrace-0.31.1-16.amd64                  bitmap
>     to vector graphics converter
>     Available      comix-4.0.4-1.all                          GTK
>     Comic Book Viewer
>     Available      convertall-0.4.2-1.all                      very
>     flexible unit converter
>     Available      darktable-0.9.2-1.amd64                    virtual
>     lighttable and darkroom for photographers
>     Available      dcraw-8.99-1+b2.amd64                      decode
>     raw digital camera images
>     Available      dime-0.20030921-2.amd64                    DXF
>     Import, Manipulation, and Export programs
>     Available      ditaa-0.9+ds1-3.all                        convert
>     ASCII diagrams into proper bitmap graphics
>     Available      dot2tex-2.8.7+repack-1.all                 
>     Graphviz to LaTeX converter
>     Available      epub-utils-0.2.1-2.amd64                    tools
>     to work with the EPub file format
>     Available      fbi-2.07-7.amd64                            Linux
>     frame buffer image viewer
>     Installed      ffmpeg-5:0.8.4-0.1.amd64                   
>     audio/video encoder, streaming server & audio/video file converter.
>     Available      fig2sxd-0.20-1.amd64                        convert
>     XFig files to OpenOffice.org format
>     Available      figtoipe-20080517-1.amd64                  convert
>     FIG files to XML files for ipe
>     Available      flpsed-0.5.2-1.amd64                        a
>     WYSIWYG pseudo PostScript editor
>     Available      gif2png-2.5.4-2.amd64                      GIF ->
>     PNG conversions
>     Available      giftrans-1.12.2-16.amd64                    Convert
>     any GIF file into a GIF89a
>     Available      gimp-dimage-color-1.1.0-3.amd64            GIMP
>     plugin to convert Minolta DiMAGE pictures to sRGB colour space
>     Available      gimp-gmic-1.5.0.0+dfsg-1+b1.amd64          GIMP
>     plugin for GREYC's Magic Image Converter
>     Available      gimp-plugin-registry-3.5.4-1+b1.amd64     
>     repository of optional extensions for GIMP
>     Available      gimp-ufraw-0.18-1.1.amd64                  gimp
>     importer for raw camera images
>     Available      gip-1.7.0-1-2.amd64                        IP
>     calculator for GNOME desktop environment
>     Available      gmic-1.5.0.0+dfsg-1+b1.amd64                GREYC's
>     Magic Image Converter
>     Available      graphicsmagick-1.3.12-1.1.amd64           
>     collection of image processing tools
>     Available      gregorio-2.0-1.1.amd64                     
>     command-line tool to typeset Gregorian chant
>     Available      gxneur-0.12.0-1.amd64                      GTK+
>     frontend for xneur keyboard layout switcher
>     Available      handbrake-cli-0.9.5-0.6.amd64             
>     versatile DVD ripper and video transcoder (command line)
>     Available      handbrake-gtk-0.9.5-0.6.amd64             
>     versatile DVD ripper and video transcoder (GTK GUI)
>     Available      hp2xx-3.4.4-8.amd64                        HPGL
>     converter into some vector- and raster formats
>     Installed      imagemagick-8:6.6.9.7-5+b1.amd64            image
>     manipulation programs
>     Available      inventor-clients-2.1.5-10-15.amd64          Open
>     Inventor client programs
>     Available      ipe-7.1.0-1.amd64                          drawing
>     editor for creating figures in PDF or PS formats
>     Available      isight-firmware-tools-1.5.93-1.amd64        tools
>     for dealing with Apple iSight firmware
>     Available      jp2a-1.0.6-3.1.amd64                       
>     converts jpg images to ascii
>     Available      kasumi-2.5-2.amd64                          Simple
>     dictionary utility for Anthy
>     Available      kdemultimedia-kio-plugins-4:4.6.5-3.amd64   
>     transparent audio CD access for applications using the KDE Platform
>     Available      keurocalc-1.1.0-1.amd64                   
>     universal currency converter and calculator - binary package
>     Available      keurocalc-data-1.1.0-1.all                 
>     universal currency converter and calculator - data package
>     Available      kid3-1.6-2.amd64                            KDE MP3
>     ID3 tag editor
>     Available      kid3-qt-1.6-2.amd64                        Audio
>     tag editor
>     Available      kinput2-canna-3.1-10.2.amd64                An
>     input server for X11 applications that want Japanese text input
>     Available      kinput2-canna-wnn-3.1-10.2.amd64            An
>     input server for X11 applications that want Japanese text input
>     Available      kinput2-wnn-3.1-10.2.amd64                  An
>     input server for X11 applications that want Japanese text input
>     Available      kipi-plugins-1.9.0-2+b1.amd64              image
>     manipulation/handling plugins for KIPI aware programs
>     Available      libjpeg-progs-8c-2.amd64                   
>     Programs for manipulating JPEG files
>     Available      libpano13-bin-2.9.18+dfsg-3.amd64          panorama
>     tools utilities
>     Available      librsvg2-bin-2.34.0-1.amd64               
>     command-line and graphical viewers for SVG files
>     Available      libtiff-tools-3.9.5-2.amd64                TIFF
>     manipulation and conversion tools
>     Available      libwmf-bin-0.2.8.4-8.1.amd64                Windows
>     metafile conversion tools
>     Available      meshlab-1.3.0a+dfsg1-2+b1.amd64            System
>     for processing and editing triangular meshes
>     Available      mjpegtools-1:2.0.0-0.3.amd64                MJPEG
>     video capture/editting/playback MPEG encoding
>     Available      mrwtoppm-0.1.1-2.2.amd64                    tool to
>     convert Minolta DiMAGE 5/7/7i RAW images to PPM
>     Available      mrwtoppm-data-0.1.1-2.2.all                tone
>     curves and colormaps for mrwtoppm
>     Available      nautilus-image-converter-0.3.0-3.1.amd64   
>     nautilus extension to mass resize or rotate images
>     Available      nautilus-image-manipulator-0.3-1.all        Resize
>     and send images from Nautilus
>     Installed      netpbm-2:10.0-15.amd64                     
>     Graphics conversion tools between image formats
>     Available      openclipart-0.18+dfsg-12.all                Open
>     Clip Art Library
>     Available      pcf2bdf-1.04-2.amd64                        convert
>     X11 font from PCF to BDF format
>     Available      pdf2svg-0.2.1-2+b2.amd64                   
>     converts PDF documents to SVG files (one per page)
>     Available      pdftoipe-20091014-3+b1.amd64               
>     converts arbitrary PDF file to XML file readable by Ipe
>     Installed      pstoedit-3.60-1.amd64                     
>     PostScript and PDF files to editable vector graphics converter
>     Available      pybliographer-1.2.14-3.all                  tool
>     for manipulating bibliographic databases
>     Available      radiance-4R0+20110410-1.amd64              Lighting
>     Simulation and Rendering System
>     Available      rawstudio-2.0-1.amd64                      RAW
>     image converter
>     Available     
>     rawtherapee-3.0~a2+hg1075.9a478044c65c~dfsg1-1.amd64    A free RAW
>     converter and digital photo processing software
>     Available      sam2p-0.47-1-3.amd64                        convert
>     raster images to EPS, PDF, and other formats
>     Available      sfftobmp-3.1.2-5.amd64                      SFF
>     (Structed Fax File) Converter
>     Available      soundconverter-1.4.4-2.all                  GNOME
>     application to convert audio files into other formats
>     Available      soundkonverter-0.9.94-2.amd64              audio
>     converter frontend for KDE
>     Available      subtitleripper-0.3.4-0.7.amd64              DVD
>     Subtitle Ripper for Linux
>     Available      tedia2sql-1.2.12-3.all                     
>     Converts a Dia diagram to various SQL dialects
>     Available      tomboy-latex-0.5-2.all                      LaTeX
>     plugin for Tomboy
>     Installed      transfig-1:3.2.5.d-1.amd64                 
>     Utilities for converting XFig figure files
>     Available      ufraw-0.18-1.1.amd64                       
>     standalone importer for raw camera images
>     Installed      ufraw-batch-0.18-1.1.amd64                  batch
>     importer for raw camera images
>     Available      videotrans-1.6.1-0.0.amd64                  DVD
>     authoring utilities
>     Available      xcftools-1.0.7-2.amd64                     
>     command-line tools for extracting data for XCF files
>     Available      xfig-1:3.2.5.b-1.1.amd64                   
>     Facility for Interactive Generation of figures under X11
>     Available      xfig-libs-1:3.2.5.b-1.1.all                XFig
>     image libraries and examples
>     Installed      xfonts-utils-1:7.6+1.amd64                  X
>     Window System font utility programs
>     Available      xmorph-1:20090926.amd64                    digital
>     image warp and morph (x11)
>     Available      xneur-0.12.0-1.1.amd64                     
>     in-place conversion of text typed in with a wrong keyboard layout
>
>     You can see similar results.
>
>     I also wonder what do you mean by 'GUI', is it gnome, KDE, x11
>     etc... sections?
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Yes, I was wondering about that. So that rectifies the core issue. Thanks.
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