Created attachment 148218 [details] comparison between pkcon and discover SUMMARY *** Fedora 35, PackageKit version 1.2.4, PackageKit-Qt5 version 1.0.2 . Using Discover, seems that packagekit integration doesn't actually work correctly, and numerous packages are missing for some reason. *** STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. open up discover 2. ensure packagekit extension is being used 3. Search for "thunderbird" - get zero results 4. Open terminal and type "pkcon search name thunderbird" to see multiple results (also "pkcon search thunderbird") OBSERVED RESULT The search results differ between "pkcon" (querying PackageKit directly) and Discover (which returns no results). EXPECTED RESULT Discover and "pkcon" should return matching results. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: (Fedora 35) (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.4 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.91.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Some PackageKit communication must be happening, since it can see some packages from one of the sources - but it doesn't show all the packages from that source (thunderbird as an example).
Indeed, Discover does not use PackageKit for searching; it uses AppStream. This is deliberate, because AppStream only shows software that has AppStream Metadata, and Discover is an "app store", not a general purpose package manager. What does `appstreamcli search thunderbird` show for you? If Thunderbird is missing from the output there, it's a bug somewhere with the distro or the local AppStream metadata configuration. FWIW I'm using Fedora 35 as well and for me Thunderbird appears both in Discover and in the output of `appstreamcli search thunderbird`.
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