[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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