Kubuntu dev request: integrate QApt index with apt-get

[SteveRiley]

Edit: do you still have Arch installed on a separate partition or did you remove it?

Not presently. It was on my ThinkPad X1 for a while. I wiped that off when I set up my X1 for the dual boot experiment I documented in the KFN knowledge base. I'll probably do another Arch install when Plasma 5.1 / Frameworks 5.1 are released.

Yeah, I realized you had Manjaro when I took a second look at your screenshot after I surmised you might have Arch. Obviously, then, any of the more *buntu-ish stuff we discuss here at KFN wouldn't apply to your Majaro installation.

I know, My original comment was not a serious comment

Edit: do you still have Arch installed on a separate partition or did you remove it?

[SteveRiley]

I have not installed Arch, I don't have Arch.

Looks like Manjaro to me (Manjaro is based on Arch linux)

Correct it is Manjaro. But Manjaro is not Arch but like you say is based upon Arch.

Yeah, I realized you had Manjaro when I took a second look at your screenshot after I surmised you might have Arch. Obviously, then, any of the more *buntu-ish stuff we discuss here at KFN wouldn't apply to your Majaro installation.

[marco07]

Your output looks fine. But would you please rename the file to 90xapian? You'll note the other files in that directory start with a number. A Debian utility called run-parts executes these files, in lexical sort order. This is a common method for managing the system in all Debian derivates. Part of ensuring the idea works is to run the file at the appropriate time. The 90 pushes it toward the end of the run-parts pass.

Sorry! Bad in my posting the result. I actually had saved the file with correct name "90xapian".

Looks like Manjaro to me (Manjaro is based on Arch linux)

Correct it is Manjaro. But Manjaro is not Arch but like you say is based upon Arch. In the same way that Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu/Lubuntu is not Debian but is based upon Debian.

[Goeroeboeroe]

I made that file 90xapian and run apt-get update. It gives about 80 lines with hit and ignore. Do I have to copy them here too?
Last three lines:

Reading Xapian index: done.  
Updating Xapian index: done.  
Pakketlijsten worden ingelezen... Klaar

(The last line is Dutch. It means: Reading packing lists... Done.

[kubicle]

I have not installed Arch, I don't have Arch.

Looks like Manjaro to me (Manjaro is based on Arch linux)

It looks like you're running Arch, not Kubuntu. Arch uses a completely different package management system called Pacman. You have several Pacman-related files in /etc.

I have not installed Arch, I don't have Arch.

[SteveRiley]

So, I just created the file "xapian" and saved it.

Your output looks fine. But would you please rename the file to 90xapian? You'll note the other files in that directory start with a number. A Debian utility called run-parts executes these files, in lexical sort order. This is a common method for managing the system in all Debian derivates. Part of ensuring the idea works is to run the file at the appropriate time. The 90 pushes it toward the end of the run-parts pass.

[marco07]

On my 14.04, The directory /etc/apt/apt.conf.d already existed. So, I just
created the file "xapian" and saved it. After issuing "sudo apt-get update
command, I got a long list of hit and ign repositories. The following lines
represent how the list ended:
...
Fetched 972 kB in 36s (26.8 kB/s)
The index /var/lib/apt-xapian-index is up to date
Reading package lists... Done
marco@DX200:~$

[vinnywright]

You're fine.

........ I assumed that,,,,,,,as my system runs like a swiss watch as always ,,,,,,, well 99.9% of the time.

VINNY

[SteveRiley]

List of files and directories in /etc

It looks like you're running Arch, not Kubuntu. Arch uses a completely different package management system called Pacman. You have several Pacman-related files in /etc.

@SteveRiley yes and no ,,,it was a sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

You're fine.

[vinnywright]

List of files and directories in /etc

NetworkManager/   lvm/               bash.bashrc           mke2fs.conf
UPower/           mkinitcpio.d/      ca-certificates.conf  mkinitcpio.conf
X11/              modprobe.d/        cpufreq-bench.conf    motd
acpi/             modules-load.d/    cron.deny             mtab@
adobe/            nbd-server/        crypttab              nanorc
apm/              netctl/            dhcpcd.conf           netconfig
at-spi2/          openldap/          dnsmasq.conf          nfsmount.conf
avahi/            pacman.d/          drirc                 nilfs_cleanerd.conf
binfmt.d/         pam.d/             environment           nscd.conf
bluetooth/        pango/             exports               nsswitch.conf
ca-certificates/  pcmcia/            fstab                 ntp.conf
conf.d/           pkcs11/            fuse.conf             os-release
cron.d/           plymouth/          gai.conf              pacman-mirrors.conf
cron.daily/       pm/                group                 pacman.conf
cron.hourly/      polkit-1/          group-                pamac.conf
cron.monthly/     power/             group.pacnew          papersize
cron.weekly/      ppp/               gshadow               passwd
cups/             profile.d/         gshadow-              passwd-
cupshelpers/      pulse/             gshadow.pacnew        passwd.pacnew
dbus-1/           rc.d/              gssapi_mech.conf      printcap
default/          rc_keymaps/        host.conf             profile
depmod.d/         request-key.d/     hostname              protocols
exports.d/        samba/             hosts                 rc.local*
fonts/            sane.d/            idmapd.conf           rc.local.shutdown*
gconf/            security/          inputrc               rc_maps.cfg
gdm/              skel/              issue                 request-key.conf
geoclue/          ssh/               keyboard.conf         resolv.conf
gimp/             ssl/               krb5.conf             resolvconf.conf
grub.d/           sudoers.d/         ld.so.cache           rpc
gtk-2.0/          sysctl.d/          ld.so.conf            rsyncd.conf
gtk-3.0/          syslog-ng/         libao.conf            securetty
hp/               systemd/           locale.conf           services
httpd/            tmpfiles.d/        locale.gen            shadow
ifplugd/          totem/             locale.gen.bak        shadow-
initcpio/         udev/              localtime             shadow.pacnew
iproute2/         udisks2/           login.defs            shells
iptables/         usb_modeswitch.d/  logrotate.conf        sudoers
java-7-openjdk/   wpa_supplicant/    lsb-release           trusted-key.key
kernel/           xdg/               machine-id            usb_modeswitch.conf
laptop-mode/      xinetd.d/          mail.rc               usb_modeswitch.setup
ld.so.conf.d/     xml/               makepkg.conf          vconsole.conf
libnl/            anacrontab         man_db.conf           vdpau_wrapper.cfg
libpaper.d/       asound.conf        manjaro-release       wgetrc
libreoffice/      asound.state       mdadm.conf            xinetd.conf
logrotate.d/      bash.bash_logout   mime.types            yaourtrc

this is strange Nick,,,,,,,/etc should have an apt directory ,,,,,,,like at hear.

vinny@vinnys-HP-G62:~$ ls /etc
acpi                           dnsmasq.d-available  john                      odbc.ini                 selinux
adduser.conf                   dpkg                 kbd                       odbcinst.ini             sensors3.conf
adjtime                        dput.cf              kde4                      openal                   sensors.d
akonadi                        drirc                kde4rc                    opt                      services
alternatives                   emacs                kernel                    os-release               sgml
anacrontab                     environment          kernel-img.conf           pam.conf                 shadow
apm                            esound               kerneloops.conf           pam.d                    shadow-
apparmor                       ethertypes           ksysguarddrc              papersize                shadow.org
apparmor.d                     firebird             kubuntu-default-settings  passwd                   shells
apport                         firefox              ldap                      passwd-                  skel
[COLOR=#ff0000]apt [/COLOR]                           fonts                ld.so.cache               passwd.org               snmp
at.deny                        foomatic             ld.so.conf                pbuilder                 sound
at-spi2                        freetds              ld.so.conf.d              pbuilderrc               ssh
avahi                          fstab                legal                     pcmcia                   ssl
avserver.conf                  fstab.d              libao.conf                perl                     subgid
bash.bashrc                    fuse.conf            libaudit.conf             pkcs11                   subgid-
bash_completion                gai.conf             libnl-3                   pki                      subuid
bash_completion.d              gamin                libpaper.d                pm                       subuid-
bindresvport.blacklist         gconf                libreoffice               pnm2ppa.conf             sudoers
blkid.conf                     gdb                  libvirt                   polkit-1                 sudoers.d
blkid.tab                      ghostscript          lightdm                   popularity-contest.conf  sysctl.conf
bluetooth                      gimp                 lintianrc                 ppp                      sysctl.d
bonobo-activation              gnome                locale.alias              printcap                 systemd
brlapi.key                     gnome-app-install    localtime                 profile                  terminfo
brltty                         gnome-vfs-2.0        logcheck                  profile.d                texmf
brltty.conf                    groff                login.defs                protocols                timezone
ca-certificates                group                logrotate.conf            pulse                    timidity
ca-certificates.conf           group-               logrotate.d               python                   ts.conf
ca-certificates.conf.dpkg-old  group.org            lsb-release               python2.7                ucf.conf
calendar                       grub.d               ltrace.conf               python3                  udev
chatscripts                    gshadow              lynx-cur                  python3.3                udisks2
checkinstallrc                 gshadow-             magic                     python3.4                ufw
colord.conf                    gtk-2.0              magic.mime                qemu                     updatedb.conf
conky                          gtk-3.0              mailcap                   qemu-ifdown              update-manager
ConsoleKit                     hddtemp.db           mailcap.order             qemu-ifup                update-motd.d
console-setup                  hdparm.conf          manpath.config            rarfiles.lst             update-notifier
cowpoke.conf                   host.conf            mime.types                rc0.d                    UPower
cracklib                       hostname             mke2fs.conf               rc1.d                    upstart-xsessions
cron.d                         hosts                modprobe.d                rc2.d                    usb_modeswitch.conf
cron.daily                     hosts.allow          modules                   rc3.d                    usb_modeswitch.d
cron.hourly                    hosts.deny           modules-load.d            rc4.d                    vdpau_wrapper.cfg
cron.monthly                   hp                   mplayer                   rc5.d                    vga
crontab                        ifplugd              mtab                      rc6.d                    vim
cron.weekly                    ImageMagick          mtools.conf               rc.local                 vtrgb
cups                           init                 munin                     rcS.d                    wgetrc
cupshelpers                    init.d               mysql                     resolvconf               wildmidi
dbus-1                         initramfs-tools      nail.rc                   resolv.conf              wodim.conf
debconf.conf                   inputrc              nanorc                    rmt                      wpa_supplicant
debian_version                 insserv              netscsid.conf             rpc                      X11
default                        insserv.conf         network                   rsyslog.conf             xdg
deluser.conf                   insserv.conf.d       NetworkManager            rsyslog.d                xml
depmod.d                       inxi.conf            networks                  samba                    xul-ext
devscripts.conf                iproute2             newt                      sane.d                   zsh_command_not_found
dhcp                           issue                nsswitch.conf             sasl2
dictionaries-common            issue.net            obex-data-server          securetty
dnsmasq.d                      java-7-openjdk       ODBCDataSources           security
vinny@vinnys-HP-G62:~$

what ver.of Kubuntu are you using ? and you do use apt-get or apt dont you ,,,,,,,,

vinny@vinnys-HP-G62:~$ ls /etc/apt
apt.conf.d     sources.list    sources.list.distUpgrade  trusted.gpg   trusted.gpg.d
preferences.d  sources.list.d  sources.list.save         trusted.gpg~

and

vinny@vinnys-HP-G62:~$ ls /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/
00aptitude    01autoremove          10periodic      20archive    20dbus                 70debconf  99update-notifier
00trustcdrom  01autoremove-kernels  15update-stamp  20changelog  50unattended-upgrades  90xapian

@SteveRiley yes and no ,,,it was a

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

,,,,,,,hear's just the update - the hit and ign part

Fetched 1,800 kB in 6s (261 kB/s)                                              
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Reading en translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty-updates_main_i18n_Translation-en: done.  
Reading en translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty-security_main_i18n_Translation-en: done.  
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Reading en translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_restricted_i18n_Translation-en: done.  
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Reading en translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_trusty_main_i18n_Translation-en: done.  
Reading Xapian index: done.  
Updating Xapian index: done.  
Reading package lists... Done
vinny@vinnys-HP-G62:~$

VINNY

Hmm.... the directory /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ should exist on your system. Can you verify?

List of files and directories in /etc

NetworkManager/   lvm/               bash.bashrc           mke2fs.conf
UPower/           mkinitcpio.d/      ca-certificates.conf  mkinitcpio.conf
X11/              modprobe.d/        cpufreq-bench.conf    motd
acpi/             modules-load.d/    cron.deny             mtab@
adobe/            nbd-server/        crypttab              nanorc
apm/              netctl/            dhcpcd.conf           netconfig
at-spi2/          openldap/          dnsmasq.conf          nfsmount.conf
avahi/            pacman.d/          drirc                 nilfs_cleanerd.conf
binfmt.d/         pam.d/             environment           nscd.conf
bluetooth/        pango/             exports               nsswitch.conf
ca-certificates/  pcmcia/            fstab                 ntp.conf
conf.d/           pkcs11/            fuse.conf             os-release
cron.d/           plymouth/          gai.conf              pacman-mirrors.conf
cron.daily/       pm/                group                 pacman.conf
cron.hourly/      polkit-1/          group-                pamac.conf
cron.monthly/     power/             group.pacnew          papersize
cron.weekly/      ppp/               gshadow               passwd
cups/             profile.d/         gshadow-              passwd-
cupshelpers/      pulse/             gshadow.pacnew        passwd.pacnew
dbus-1/           rc.d/              gssapi_mech.conf      printcap
default/          rc_keymaps/        host.conf             profile
depmod.d/         request-key.d/     hostname              protocols
exports.d/        samba/             hosts                 rc.local*
fonts/            sane.d/            idmapd.conf           rc.local.shutdown*
gconf/            security/          inputrc               rc_maps.cfg
gdm/              skel/              issue                 request-key.conf
geoclue/          ssh/               keyboard.conf         resolv.conf
gimp/             ssl/               krb5.conf             resolvconf.conf
grub.d/           sudoers.d/         ld.so.cache           rpc
gtk-2.0/          sysctl.d/          ld.so.conf            rsyncd.conf
gtk-3.0/          syslog-ng/         libao.conf            securetty
hp/               systemd/           locale.conf           services
httpd/            tmpfiles.d/        locale.gen            shadow
ifplugd/          totem/             locale.gen.bak        shadow-
initcpio/         udev/              localtime             shadow.pacnew
iproute2/         udisks2/           login.defs            shells
iptables/         usb_modeswitch.d/  logrotate.conf        sudoers
java-7-openjdk/   wpa_supplicant/    lsb-release           trusted-key.key
kernel/           xdg/               machine-id            usb_modeswitch.conf
laptop-mode/      xinetd.d/          mail.rc               usb_modeswitch.setup
ld.so.conf.d/     xml/               makepkg.conf          vconsole.conf
libnl/            anacrontab         man_db.conf           vdpau_wrapper.cfg
libpaper.d/       asound.conf        manjaro-release       wgetrc
libreoffice/      asound.state       mdadm.conf            xinetd.conf
logrotate.d/      bash.bash_logout   mime.types            yaourtrc

[notabug]

Thanks SR. I can understand that more or less. At least it does make sense to me.