kPackageKit

[bitzbox]

Re: kPackageKit

Am I a dumb user or - such simple functionality is just missing?

No, you're not a dumb user

Since coming over to Kubuntu, I keep asking myself why on earth did the developers spoil such a wonderful distro by choosing a package manager that won't even list "All packages"

Regards .....

[Rednex]

Re: kPackageKit

Aft upgrade to 9.10 Synaptics and Adept were automatically removed.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install synaptic

Thanx, dibl - after all I'm no _that_ dumb: I installed synaptic back manually.

Yet issue remains: there is a _good_ (if not close to excellent) package manager (that _works_!!!) in the wild, but with KDE you get mean stuff.
Isn't KDE actually _meant_ for flexibility, richness of functionality, ease of management - an all this GUI based?

[JohanLingen]

Re: kPackageKit

Is it just me, or is update-notifier-kde failing these days? Maybe I am just impatient, but I see updates when I run "aptitude update". But then again, no icon appears in the systray for updating.

Anyone else noticed this?

[Snowhog]

Re: kPackageKit

Running 9.04 KDE 4.3.2 here. Update Notifier works and displays just fine.

[tnorris]

Re: kPackageKit

Is it just me, or is update-notifier-kde failing these days? Maybe I am just impatient, but I see updates when I run "aptitude update". But then again, no icon appears in the systray for updating.

Anyone else noticed this?

See this thread where we're having the exact same debate:
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3107644.0

[Frankaz]

Re: kPackageKit

Am I the only one who thinks kPackageKit needs a LOT of work? The font and icons are far too big and just waste space. The list of packages to be installed and removed looks cluttered, but the biggest problem is that it simply doesn't tell you how much needs to be downloaded or how long it will take. I only got a percentage bar, which doesn't tell me much.

Have I missed a setting or is it really this basic?

Kpackagekit is awful... it still is not ready for Debian users (just try installing Java with it!!!) and it's still in alpha stage. Why on earth they decided to ditch adept for it is far beyond me...