PackageKit Reference Manual: PackageKit Reference Manual

Richard Hughes

<richard@hughsie.com>

for PackageKit 1.1.5

Copyright © 2008-2013 The PackageKit Authors

I. PackageKit Specification

Annotation Glossary

PackageKit Introduction

Overall Description
Backends

Important Concepts

Removing installed versions in search results
Filter examples

Error Enums

Cancellation

Transactions

Transaction example: Success
Transaction example: Failure
Transaction example: Trusted
Transaction example: Auto Untrusted
Transaction example: Package signature install
Transaction example: Download
Transaction example: Setting the locale
Transaction example: Repair

Transaction IDs

Status Values

Compiled Backends

Spawned Backends

Introduction

II. D-Bus API Reference

org.freedesktop.PackageKit — PackageKit interface
org.freedesktop.PackageKit.Transaction — Transaction interface

III. libpackagekit GObjects

PkCategory — Category object
PkClient — For creating new transactions
PkControl — For querying data about PackageKit
PkDetails — Details object
PkDistroUpgrade — DistroUpgrade object
PkError — ErrorCode object
PkEulaRequired — EulaRequired object
PkFiles — Files object
PkMediaChangeRequired — MediaChangeRequired object
PkPackageSack — A sack of packages that can be manipulated
PkPackage — Package object
PkProgress — Transaction progress information
PkRepoDetail — RepoDetail object
PkRepoSignatureRequired — RepoSignatureRequired object
PkRequireRestart — RequireRestart object
PkResults — Transaction results
PkTask — An abstract package task GObject, dealing with unsigned transactions, GPG keys and EULA requests.
PkTransactionPast — TransactionPast object
PkUpdateDetail — UpdateDetail object

IV. libpackagekit glib helpers

pk-bitfield — Functions for converting strings to enum and vice-versa
pk-client-sync
pk-common — Common utility functions for PackageKit
pk-control-sync
pk-enum — Functions for converting strings to enum and vice-versa
pk-package-ids — Functionality to modify multiple PackageIDs
pk-package-id — Functionality to read a PackageID
pk-task-sync