PackageKit
A D-BUS abstraction layer that allows the user to manage packages in a secure way using a cross-distro, cross-architecture API. (by hughsie)
yumex-dnf
Next Generation of Yum Extender using DNF as backend (by timlau)
| PackageKit | yumex-dnf | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | 4 | |
| 235 | 58 | |
| 1.3% | - | |
| 8.8 | 0.0 | |
| 6 days ago | over 1 year ago | |
| C | Python | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
PackageKit
Posts with mentions or reviews of PackageKit.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-25.
- "pkcon update" with option "-y" causes "Fatal error: Failed to obtain authentication."
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Discovery gives "The PackageKit daemon has crashed" error suddenly (Arch)
The PackageKit crash is a problem in PackageKit itself. You'll want to get a sybolicated backtrace of the crash and submit a bug report to https://github.com/PackageKit/PackageKit/issues/.
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I updated a Tumbleweed installation almost 2 years old without a single hiccup
The original patch author described another issue from locked packages being installed as a recommends dependency. https://github.com/PackageKit/PackageKit/pull/557
- Fedora Package Management
- Is PackageKit any good and are there alternatives?
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Anyone know why PackageKit blocks Zypper while updating it's cache?
PackageKit-backend-zypp is weird. Some logic is delegated to libzypp so it's however libzypp supports/implements a feature, OTOH some logic requires the PK backend to reimplement. If it doesn't it results in issues like this one https://github.com/PackageKit/PackageKit/pull/557. I don't think this approach is reliable.
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I fianlly managed to repair my openSUSE installation (took me 2 days)!
The source code.
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Arch Repos and Gnome Software
ALPM integration is not a direct Arch project and done by third party on an as available basis. It might get improvements it might not. It does look quite active https://github.com/PackageKit/PackageKit/commits/main/backends/alpm FWIW but in general Arch isn't really designed with these things in mind. The other bigger distributions also invest/used to invest a lot of time for package descriptions and the like while explicitly and primarily relies on the appstream database for information which may or may not be up to date.
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How fundamentally different is Fedora vs Debian ?
I think what OP is using for updates is the gnome software application which is based on the more general packagekit framework (KDE's discover uses the same framework). And one feature of packagekit is the ability to install updates at shutdown (Sorry, can't find a better link in a quick search)
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Does GNOME Software remove dependencies after uninstalling an app?
Luckily, that's on track to finally being fixed. It's been fixed in PackageKit and should only be a matter of time before GNOME Software picks it up: https://github.com/PackageKit/PackageKit/pull/526
yumex-dnf
Posts with mentions or reviews of yumex-dnf.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-09.
- Fedora Package Management
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DNF dragora needs to be replaced
There was a project called Yumex Dnf.
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How the F*** are you supposed to install programs on XFCE
For native rpm packages there is also Yumex-dnf or dnfdragora (sudo dnf install dnfdragora). I have never used the former though so can't comment on it, and the latter is kinda bad, but better than nothing.
- Sick and tired of Manjaro, recently tried fedora 36 beta and I loved it! I have a few questions will you help me make the transition?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing PackageKit and yumex-dnf you can also consider the following projects:
dnfdragora - dnfdragora is a dnf frontend based on libyui abstraction
svntogit-community - Automatic import of svn 'community' repo (read-only mirror)
yumex-ng - Yum Extender NG
menulibre - MenuLibre is an advanced menu editor that provides modern features in a clean, easy-to-use interface.
paru - Feature packed AUR helper
yay - Yet another Yogurt - An AUR Helper written in Go