Version: 0.5.0.3 (using KDE 4.3.2) OS: Linux Installed from: Fedora RPMs Installing a standalone rpm fails with an "unknown error". I have to install it with yum --nogpgcheck. The sequence of events is: * kpackagekit simulates the transaction; * kpackagekit asks me to confirm the transaction; * kpackagekit immediately presents me with a small window titled "Failed to install file - kpackagekit" with the contents "An unknown error happened." I first saw this with a repository rpm from rpmfusion - http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration - - it makes no difference whether I open it in konqueror or download and run kpackagekit on the rpm from dolphin. I also downloaded an rpm from the fedora rawhide repository and tried to install it from dolphin - this failed in the same way. Packages affected: PackageKit-0.5.4-0.1.20091029git.fc12.i686 kpackagekit-0.5.0.3-1.fc12.i686 See also downstream bug https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=533026
Can you please test with gnome-packagekit? if the same happens this is probably a backend bug.
Re-tested on a recent f13 nightly: * gnome-packagekit installs fine after asking for authentication. * kpackagekit appears to process the transaction but never asks for confirmation or authentication. When it finished, kpackagekit tells me it has a message from the package manager: "An untrusted package was installed. The package rpm-fusion-free-release is untrusted." but no package is installed. PackageKit-0.6.3-1.fc13.i686.rpm kpackagekit-0.6.0-2.fc13.i686.rpm gnome-packagekit-2.30.0-2.fc13.i686.rpm
Ok, finally got some time to setup a Fedora 13 VM to investigate the issue. I've successfully installed flash.rpm (Adobe website) and free/non-free *.rpm for rpmfusion website, all of them complained about the package being untrusted. (SVN r1164070) So in KPackageKit 0.6.1 you will have this FIXED :D