Apper

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Description:

Apper is the KDE interface for PackageKit (aka KPackageKit)

Apper is able to manage packages, applications and updates in a cross-distribution way thanks to the PackageKit project. Providing Linux users a single application that they can learn and use in whatever distribution they are.

Hope you enjoy Apper, and please report bugs, make wishes so we can improve this application.

BUGS goes to bugs.kde.org

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IMPORTANT:
Apper itself can do nothing without PackageKit.
So have it installed before.
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INSTALLATION

Well now that you decide to install it. Be careful :D no warranty is given..

Requirements:
AFTER INSTALLING LOGOUT AND LOGIN SO KDED CAN LOAD THE Apper PLUGIN.
(also, make uninstall #from your old build dir)

PackageKit >= 0.8.5
KDELibs headers of Kde4
KDEWorskpace
KDE >= 4.3

Compiling:
- $ cd Apper # where you extracted it
- $ mkdir build && cd build
- $ cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/ # you must install in /usr otherwise KDE won't find it
- $ make
- $ su
- # make install

Enjoy :)

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dantti

9 years ago

you need to install it on you kde prefix (probably /usr), since the user interface is system setting modules and can't be find in another place.

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andersos

9 years ago

Thanks. got it! I really like KPackageKit so far. The ui is perfect for me. Thanks again :D

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andersos

9 years ago

I don't know how complete KPackageKit is at this time, but at least here on Debian Squeeze I can't update or install with KPackageKit. On those operations it shows a small progress dialog that says ""Simulating the install" and an error message that says "The package was not found". I can update and install using pkcon though. Have I done something wrong or is this normal on Debian?

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dummy_deactivated

9 years ago

Hi I like Kpackagekit on Kubuntu. But a I want to leave a thing to think about.
On Kubuntu new users can't find a easy way of installing apps because It is called Kpackagekit and not Software manager or something, and not under Favorites but far away inside the Kmenu (I know it's a Kubuntu thing maybe) and I was searching for the install button I was not able to find it, after a minute i saw the little arrow on the right side, maybe a idea to follow the KDE rules and make a button "download" with a arrow, like it is on download new stuff on KDE 4. And another thing, when i start the program it's empty, I have to select another filter or search something and delete that again to see all packages. I this a bug? Ok thats it for now. It's a nice package manager, it's impressive fast.

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dantti

9 years ago

Well on Kde it should appear as "Software Management (KPackageKit)".
And most user normally use it from system settings where it's called "Add and Remove software".
Now kubuntu might change that, which I'm not aware since i don't use it.

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dummy_deactivated

9 years ago

Indeed it shows as "Software management" Kpackagekit. sorry. But i still think that Kubuntu also must put this application. inside the favorite menu.

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maxfact

9 years ago

Hallo excuse for my inglish i am italian
your apps is very good but how can I compile on debian sid/sidux
I tried but missing in repository packagekit-qt

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dantti

9 years ago

You need PackageKit installed first, go to packagekit.org and download the lastest package. Then build, you will need --enable-apt or --enable-aptcc (which I'm the author) and --default-backend=apt or aptcc
After it's installed you can try KPackageKit.

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maxfact

9 years ago

Thank for yuo now i have compile Kpackagekit
Your apps is very very good

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VectoR

9 years ago

hi..a small error :

Linking CXX executable kpackagekitsmarticon
/usr/bin/ld: Dwarf Error: Offset (73650) greater than or equal to .debug_str size (1824).
CMakeFiles/kpackagekitsmarticon.dir/KpkInterface.o: In function `KpkInterface::UpdateProxy()':
/root/rpmbuild/BUILD/KPackageKit-0.5.0.2/SmartIcon/KpkInterface.cpp:67: undefined reference to `KProtocolManager::proxyType()'
/root/rpmbuild/BUILD/KPackageKit-0.5.0.2/SmartIcon/KpkInterface.cpp:69: undefined reference to `KProtocolManager::proxyFor(QString const&)'
/root/rpmbuild/BUILD/KPackageKit-0.5.0.2/SmartIcon/KpkInterface.cpp:69: undefined reference to `KProtocolManager::proxyFor(QString const&)'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [SmartIcon/kpackagekitsmarticon] Error 1
make[1]: *** [SmartIcon/CMakeFiles/kpackagekitsmarticon.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

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dantti

9 years ago

there is a missing dep in smarticon cmake file to include kio but even without it here it compiles try changing the smarticon/cmake.txt to have this
target_link_libraries(kpackagekitsmarticon
${KDE4_KDEUI_LIBS}
${KDE4_KIO_LIBS}
${KDE4_SOLID_LIBS}
${QPACKAGEKIT_LIBRARIES}
kpackagekitlib
)
The important part is to ${KDE4_KIO_LIBS} be inside that..

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VectoR

9 years ago

Thanks for your answer! I already solved that problem, but now I have a new one: package removing doesn't work for me with the new PackageKit. Maybe it's because of the policykit...i don't know yet

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Comraddm

9 years ago

Where KPackageKit takes info about what was changed and fixed in package?

Can yum take this info in command line?

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dantti

9 years ago

Well the packagekit yum backend get's this information probably from yum databases, as i use debian we get this information directly from the web (which is a bit slow some times), looking at the package change log.
Don´t know if itś possible to retrieve from yum cmd line.

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Comraddm

9 years ago

I think I've found it.
It's a yum plugin changelog.
Fedora users may install it like this:
yum install yum-plugin-changelog

Then use it like this:
yum changelog 2009-Jun mysql

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cb400f

9 years ago

Speaking of localization... ;-)

It'd be great if you could make a habit of notifying the kde-i18n-doc mailing list a week or so before you tag/release, so translators know when it's a good time to do their magic.

As the default package manager for (at least) Fedora and Kubuntu it's very important that KPackageKit is well and fully translated.

Martin / cb400f who does Danish KDE translations.

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yoann21

9 years ago

I tried to compile the 0.4.2 version of KPackageKit but i have an error message in the "cmake ..": GETTEXT_PROCESS_PO_FILES unknown Cmake command

So i added "find_package(Gettext)" in the main CMakeLists.txt and the compilation works.

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dantti

9 years ago

yep, you are right. It's the first time i ship translations toghether and since it's not needed in kde I forgot that...
Thanks.

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yoann21

9 years ago

I tried to compile the 0.4.2 version of KPackageKit but i have an error message in the "cmake ..": GETTEXT_PROCESS_PO_FILES unknown Cmake command

So i added "find_package(Gettext)" in the main CMakeLists.txt and the compilation works.

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Marsu1

9 years ago

kpackagekit is , unfortunately!, the worst piece of software I have ever seen on a non-commercial system!!!

It really is a shame! Adept never made problems!
Even on a 3-days-old system I get error in Kpackagekit!

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dantti

9 years ago

Dude, first of all you should point what problems do you have.
And by telling you have used adept, you probably use some Ubuntu variants, which it THE ONE to blame.

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spider-mario

9 years ago

There is a bad translated string in French. How may I report or fix it ?

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dantti

9 years ago

best is to report to localization team of kde.

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Sxeptomaniac

9 years ago

I'm using version 0.4.0 on Kubuntu 9.04 Jaunty and I really dislike the search function. I don't understand why the search defaults to using OR operators instead of AND. Every word I add to a search increases the number of results, rather than narrowing them. This makes it nearly impossible to find a package if I don't know its name or a fairly unique word for what I want.

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dantti

9 years ago

It's your distro backend fault, complain there.

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