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File: DEP-11
Version: '1.0'
Origin: ubuntu-plucky-proposed-main
MediaBaseUrl: https://appstream.ubuntu.com/media/plucky-proposed
Priority: 30
Time: 20250908T054619
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Type: service
ID: org.freedesktop.packagekit
Package: packagekit
ProjectLicense: GPL-2.0-or-later
Name:
  C: PackageKit
Summary:
  C: Provides a package management service
Description:
  C: >-
    <p>
          PackageKit allows performing simple software management tasks over a DBus interface e.g. refreshing the cache,
          updating, installing and removing software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.
        </p>
    <p>
          The work is done by backends which make use of the package manager shipped by the corresponding distribution.
          Its main benefits are:
        </p>
    <ul>
      <li>Unified developer and user interface on many distributions</li>
      <li>Fine-grained permission control via PolicyKit</li>
      <li>On-demand installation of missing system components</li>
    </ul>
CompulsoryForDesktops:
- Cinnamon
- GNOME
- KDE
- LXQt
- MATE
- Pantheon
- Unity
- XFCE
Categories:
- System
Url:
  homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit
Launchable:
  service:
  - packagekit.service