What's the recommended package manager for Kubuntu?

[sabbathpriest]

Re: What's the recommended package manager for Kubuntu?

I have a 12 hours young install of Kubuntu 9.04 386 on a Intel Core Duo 7200 and an XFX 630i motherboard. I haven't installed anything or change any repositories or even looked sideways at it. I did an update of the system as is, nothing else. But when I try to update using KpagageKit I get an error. I hadn't had any time yet to work on it, but I'm thinking on installing Kubuntu 8.04.2. I don't know what to expect if I get error on a brand new install. It's rather discouraging. I was already dealing with the grief of losing Amarok 1.4.10 (Amarok 2 is... nice. Not in the same league, or planet, as 1.4.10). And this KpackageKit ugliness. And Firefox is not installed by default? :P
But I disgress.

As far as updates, I always open Konsole and type:

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade

It works beautifully for me.

[birdflesh10]

Re: What's the recommended package manager for Kubuntu?

Try sudo aptitude install synaptic and you get:

The following NEW packages will be installed:
docbook-xml{a} gconf2{a} gconf2-common{a} gksu{a} gnome-keyring{a}
gnome-mime-data{a} gnome-mount{a} gvfs{a} gvfs-backends{a}
libavahi-glib1{a} libbonobo2-0{a} libbonobo2-common{a} libbonoboui2-0{a}
libbonoboui2-common{a} libcairo-perl{a} libcdio-cdda0{a}
libcdio-paranoia0{a} libgail-common{a} libgail18{a} libgconf2-4{a}
libgcr0{a} libgksu2-0{a} libglib-perl{a} libgnome-keyring0{a}
libgnome2-0{a} libgnome2-canvas-perl{a} libgnome2-common{a}
libgnome2-perl{a} libgnome2-vfs-perl{a} libgnomecanvas2-0{a}
libgnomecanvas2-common{a} libgnomeui-0{a} libgnomeui-common{a}
libgnomevfs2-0{a} libgnomevfs2-common{a} libgnomevfs2-extra{a}
libgp11-0{a} libgtk2-perl{a} libgtop2-7{a} libgtop2-common{a}
libgvfscommon0{a} liblaunchpad-integration1{a} liborbit2{a}
libpam-gnome-keyring{a} libpolkit-gnome0{a} libproxy0{a}
libscrollkeeper0{a} libsexy2{a} libsoup-gnome2.4-1{a} libsoup2.4-1{a}
libvte-common{a} libvte9{a} policykit-gnome{a} scrollkeeper{a}
sgml-data{a} software-properties-gtk{a} synaptic
0 packages upgraded, 57 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

...and probably more if you don't have the gtk libraries installed that i have.
57 packages and half the gnome desktop? No thank you

I'll stick with aptitude until (K)packagekit becomes a little more stable.
Judging from its so far developement that won't be so far away.

[kubicle]

Re: What's the recommended package manager for Kubuntu?

...and probably more if you don't have the gtk libraries installed that i have.
57 packages and half the gnome desktop? No thank you

That is because recommended packages are nowadays installed by default. if you use "--no-install-recommends" with apt-get synaptic doesn't pull in the gnome recommends, only the packages that are actually required.

[Rog131]

Re: What's the recommended package manager for Kubuntu?

Maybe we get Shaman 2 to the Kubuntu 10.4 ?

"Shaman is a plugin-based Packet-Manager for KDE".

> Shaman 2

...
At the moment we're beginning to plan the new Development-Roadmap.
Shaman2 will be completely Plugin-based (GUI-Plugins, Backend-Plugins,
Provider-Plugins) and developed with KDE4. So it will not only be for
ArchLinux.
One of our main goals is to provide a Package-Kit-Backend as well as providing
a nice and customizable GUI...

The sources are at > /playground/sysadmin/shaman/
(KDE Playground - Applications that are early in their lifecycle.)

With the KDE 4.2 (Jaunty) it looks like this:


(Compiling fine but not working...)

[lmilano]

Re: What's the recommended package manager for Kubuntu?

...and probably more if you don't have the gtk libraries installed that i have.
57 packages and half the gnome desktop? No thank you

That is because recommended packages are nowadays installed by default. if you use "--no-install-recommends" with apt-get synaptic doesn't pull in the gnome recommends, only the packages that are actually required.

Genius! I wish I knew that! (or even RTFM). I always install Synaptic first thing and get all these extra unneeded packages.