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PackageKit is a D-Bus abstraction layer that allows the session user to manage packages in a secure way using a cross-distro, cross-architecture API.

1 Integration with OpenSUSE

Integration with OpenSUSE

Base System Requirements for Development (openSUSE 11.1)

C/C++ developers enivronment

PolicyKit-devel

dbus-1-devel

dbus-1-glib-devel

glib2-devel

libzypp-devel

intltool

gtk-doc

sqlite3-devel

Building

To configure your build-environment run:

   ./autogen.sh
     --prefix=/usr
     --libdir=/usr/lib
     --localstatedir=/var
     --sysconfigdir=/etc
     --disable-browser-plugin
     --disable-qt
     --disable-gtk-doc
     --disable-gstreamer-plugin
     --enable-developer
     --enable-local
     --enable-zypp
     --with-security-framework=polkit
     --with-default-backend=zypp

Running and Debuging

To test and get debug info from PackageKit with zypp as backend use the script in the src dir

   ./run-pk.sh zypp

This script simply calls the local built packagekit-daemon with the following parameters:

   --verbose        
   --disable-timer  # PackageKit will not exit after the set timeout
   --backend=zypp   # Set zypp as used backend, otherwise the dummy backend will be started

To run the the packagekit-dameon in gdb edit the gdb.sh script and set zypp as backend.

Configuration Files

/etc/PackageKit/PackageKit.conf

Log-Files

/var/log/pk_backend_zypp & /var/log/pk-backend-zypp-1

 This file includes all log-messages from libzypp

/var/log/PackageKit

This file includes all log-messages from the PackageKit daemon (in the standard configuration only the errors)

Please attach all of this files when reporting a bug!!!

Links

Some links for development:

http://www.packagekit.org

Before starting to develop please read: [1]

Blog of Richard Hughes (the author of PackageKit): [2]

Retrieved from "http://en.opensuse.org/PackageKit"

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 (From packagekit.org: )
 [http://packagekit.org/ PackageKit] is a D-Bus abstraction layer that allows the session user to manage packages in a secure way using a cross-distro, cross-architecture API.
 == Integration with OpenSUSE ==
-=== Base System Requirements (not met in OpenSUSE 10.3) ===
+=== Base System Requirements for Development (openSUSE 11.1) ===
-For now we will not create packages for 10.3 as it would require to replace a lot of software with newer / recompiled versions. You should use Factory for development.
+* C/C++ developers enivronment
-* dbus-1 1.1.3 (make sure it's a version newer than August 2007)
+* PolicyKit-devel
-   Version 1.1.20 is in Factory
-* PolicyKit 0.7
+* dbus-1-devel
-   Version 0.7 is in Factory.
-* [[libzypp]] >= 4.3.2
+* dbus-1-glib-devel
-   Packages are available here [http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:Factory/standard/]
-* intltool >= 0.36.3-1
+* glib2-devel
-   Version 0.37.1 has been submitted to factory.
-=== Progress ===
+* libzypp-devel
-PackageKit and gnome-packagekit  Version 0.1.9.1 are submitted to Factory.
+* intltool
-Currently the PolicyKit helpers do not have the necessary perms yet. See the PolicyKit changelog to set these.
+* gtk-doc
-[https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=295341 Setting the PolicyKit helper perms manually]
-If you want to build your own version from source -
+* sqlite3-devel
-   Build the zypp backend
-   Use the zypp backend as default at runtime when not specified
-   We use PolicyKit as the default security framework
-   Tell the install where to find dbus (does not quite work)
-   Optional - turn on debugging and turn of optimization for better results in gdb
-   ./autogen.sh CFLAGS="-g -O0" --with-default-backend=zypp --with-dbus-sys=/etc/dbus-1/system.d --enable-zypp
+=== Building ===
-=== Running ===
+To configure your build-environment run:
-The dbus activation problems have been solved so the packagekitd daemon will now activate automatically when needed.
+    ./autogen.sh
+      --prefix=/usr
+      --libdir=/usr/lib
+      --localstatedir=/var
+      --sysconfigdir=/etc
+      --disable-browser-plugin
+      --disable-qt
+      --disable-gtk-doc
+      --disable-gstreamer-plugin
+      --enable-developer
+      --enable-local
+      --enable-zypp
+      --with-security-framework=polkit
+      --with-default-backend=zypp
+=== Running and Debuging ===
 To test and get debug info from PackageKit with zypp as backend use the script in the src dir
     ./run-pk.sh zypp
+This script simply calls the local built packagekit-daemon with the following parameters:
+    --verbose
+    --disable-timer  # PackageKit will not exit after the set timeout
+    --backend=zypp   # Set zypp as used backend, otherwise the dummy backend will be started
+To run the the packagekit-dameon in gdb edit the gdb.sh script and set zypp as backend.
+=== Configuration Files ===
+* /etc/PackageKit/PackageKit.conf
+=== Log-Files ===
+* /var/log/pk_backend_zypp & /var/log/pk-backend-zypp-1
+  This file includes all log-messages from libzypp
+*/var/log/PackageKit
+ This file includes all log-messages from the PackageKit daemon (in the standard configuration only the errors)
+Please attach all of this files when reporting a bug!!!
 === Links ===
 [http://www.packagekit.org http://www.packagekit.org]
-[http://del.icio.us/joshkress/PackageKit http://del.icio.us/joshkress/PackageKit]
+Before starting to develop please read: [http://www.packagekit.org/gtk-doc/index.html]
-[http://ken.vandine.org/?p=267 http://ken.vandine.org/?p=267]
+Blog of Richard Hughes (the author of PackageKit): [http://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/]