Package: packagekit Version: 1.1.4-3 Should the PackageKit dbus interface work without gnome-software installed?
Via the packagekit web site I came across the following example code, <URL: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit/files/session.py >: import dbus try: bus = dbus.SessionBus() except dbus.DBusException, e: print 'Unable to connect to dbus: %s' % str(e) sys.exit() try: proxy = bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.PackageKit', '/org/freedesktop/PackageKit') iface = dbus.Interface(proxy, 'org.freedesktop.PackageKit.Modify') iface.InstallPackageNames(dbus.UInt32(0), ["openclipart-libreoffice", "openclipart"], "show-confirm-search,hide-finished") except dbus.DBusException, e: print 'Unable to use PackageKit: %s' % str(e) But when I test it, I get this error message: Unable to use PackageKit: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.PackageKit was not provided by any .service files I tracked this down to the fact that the /usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.PackageKit.service is missing when installing packagekit. It is included in gnome-software, which I did not have installed in my KDE desktop. Should the file perhaps be moved to the packagekit package, or is it only working with Gnome? After installing the gnome-software package, the script no longer show an error message, but I am still unable to install anything. I get a notification requesting package installation, and when I click on either the unnamed button or the 'Finn i programv...' button, I get a popup which disappear as quickly as it apperas. Am I doing it wrong? The background for my quest is to try to ensure isenkramd work properly with PackageKit. It seem to only work properly with some hardware (those with only one modalias value) and I am trying to find examples explaining how to use PackageKit with python these days. The examples I find, like the one above, do not work for me. :( -- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsen
