Version: Qt: 4.4.3 KDE: 4.2.00 (KDE 4.2.0) KPackage: 4.2.00 (KDE 4.2.0) (using KDE 4.2.0) OS: Linux Installed from: Debian testing/unstable Packages I just installed KDE 4.2 from Debian experimental (in a sidux amd64 fully dist-upgraded) When kpackage is launched, it takes a while (much longer than in kde 3.5.10) seeming that it's loading the list of the packages (CPU load is about 95%), but after some time it gives up and nothing is listed in the packages list on the left panel. the search function gives no results, also with packages installed for sure this is the output if I run it in konsole: ----------- kpackage(3597) pkgInterface::ifExe: Program not found: "rpm" kpackage(3597) KpTreeList::readTreePos: KpTreeList::readTreePos() kpackage(3597) managementWidget::readPSeparator: managementWidget::readPSeparator() kpackage(3597) KPKG::setupMenu: kpinterface[DEBt]->makeMenu kpackage(3597) DEB::makeMenu: DEB::makeMenu kpackage(3597) kpPty::breakUpCmd: kpPty::run CMD=" "smart query --installed" " pty = kpKProcIO(0x175c470) kpackage(3597) kpPty::run: return Result= 0 1437 kpackage(3597) kpPty::breakUpCmd: kpPty::run CMD=" "/bin/sh -c 'smart info --urls >/tmp/kde-mauri/smart.list'" " pty = kpKProcIO(0x175c470) kpackage(3597) kpPty::run: return Result= 0 0 kpackage(3597) managementWidget::checkMarked: checkMarked() 0 0 kpackage(3597) KpTreeList::search: KpTreeList::search2 kpackage(3597) KpTreeList::search: KpTreeList::search2 kpackage(3597) kpPty::breakUpCmd: kpPty::run CMD=" "smart query --installed" " pty = kpKProcIO(0x175c470) kpackage(3597) kpPty::run: return Result= 0 1437 kpackage(3597) kpPty::breakUpCmd: kpPty::run CMD=" "/bin/sh -c 'smart info --urls >/tmp/kde-mauri/smart.list'" " pty = kpKProcIO(0x175c470) kpackage(3597) kpPty::run: return Result= 0 0 kpackage(3597) managementWidget::checkMarked: checkMarked() 0 0 kpackage(3597) managementWidget::writePSeparator: managementWidget::writePSeparator()
KPackage seems to be currently unmaintained :(
I think I have this bug on a fedora 11, it is caused by the smart backend not being initialized. After installing kpackage and trying it three times, I installed smart-gui and ran it. smart had been installed by yum as a dependant of kpackege. When smart-gui started, it popped up several diaglog boxes asking me if I wanted to connect channels to the yum repos I had defined, I replied yes to all of them, smart ran normally (I guess, I gid not tell it to do anything, and ended it). After smart channels had been set, kpackage works, displaying lists of installed packages and updates. I think kpackage cannot tell smart is not initialized, and cannot kickstart smart when needed. See redhat bugzilla report 507938.
KPackage was recently removed from KDE SC (since 4.4 beta2) as it was completely broken and unmaintained. Most of the common GNU/Linux distributions offer their own tools to deal with packages, and KDE is working on an universal package manager replacement named "Shaman" (to superseed KPackageKit) Closing the KPackage's bug reports as UNMAINTAINED. Regards
Thanks, I had installed kpackage because I remembered it could handle .deb's. When chrome browser was first released, there were no .rpm's available for fedora, I was trying to use a back door. I will check out Shaman when released.