Bug 59020

Summary:	Show RPM package list on rpm:/
Product:	[Unmaintained] kpackage	Reporter:	Andrey Cherepanov <sibskull>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Toivo Pedaste <toivo>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	pebolle
Priority:	LO
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Compiled Sources
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Andrey Cherepanov 2003-05-27 06:06:51 UTC

Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.1)
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources
Compiler:          egcs-2.96 
OS:          Linux

I guess that easy way to look (and manage) RPM packages is use special rpm:/ kioslave in Konqueror. Installed RPM list is like file hierarchy and it will be very useful to show all packages via 'rpm:/*' or browse through group tree like 'rpm:/Application/Archiving'. This kioslave may use kpackage component or direct access to rpm list via rpm libraries (in this case kdeadmin package isn't need).

Comment 1 Thiago Macieira 2003-05-27 13:39:07 UTC

This belongs with kpackage. We don't want to duplicate functionality, so it has to be 
integrated.

Comment 2 Paul Bolle 2003-07-08 21:46:23 UTC

A related wish would be another kioslave (or protocol?) to view (and copy) the contents of 
rpm-files.  That protocol should function like the kioslaves for bzip2 or gzip: that is as a 
filter, if I am correct. (Therefore the name of this second protocol is not really important: 
package would be fine.) 
 
My idea is that  you should be able to click on an rpm-file in Konqueror to view the 
contents of that rpm-file and also to copy files out of the rpm-file. Moreover one should be 
also see a "file" that shows all "meta-data" (info, requires, scripts, changelog, etc). This 
would basically mean that the functionality of "rpm -qp (...)" and of "rpm2cpio" would be 
available through Konqueror (so that this funcionality wouyld finally be easy to use ...) 
 
I realize that my wish might be rather complicated, to say the least ...  Please let me know 
whether you need further information.

Comment 3 Thiago Macieira 2003-07-09 02:01:20 UTC

Sorry to disagree again, but RPM Packages weren't made to have files extracted from 
individually. They are supposed to be installed as a whole (all files) or none. So, the primary 
purpose of RPM is to install -- and that's the option that IMO the user should be presented when 
clicking an .rpm file. 
 
That doesn't mean that the ability to see the contents of a package and the contents of files 
within packages (= ability to extract files) should not be present. 
 
As for filters, it might be too much of a hassle to implement for those few cases.

Comment 4 Paul Bolle 2003-07-10 00:22:45 UTC

Thanks for commenting on my comment (and on my bug 60942 too). I will not repeat here 
what I've said in that bugreport (and further comment). I would just like to mention that I 
just discovered, after doing some further "research" on my wish, that the way Midnight 
Commander (a text based "shell" - if that's the correct name) handles rpm's is a very nice 
example of what I would like Konqueror to be able to do too.

Comment 5 Dario Andres 2009-12-20 13:58:04 UTC

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