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#1 2014-07-06 12:09:27
- grufo
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gnome-settings-daemon-updates: missing!
Hello everyone!
Since when I started to use Arch I have always been using PackageKit's Pacman integration + GNOME Packages updates notifications happily.
Unfortunately, now the updates daemon has been removed from the [community] repository. The package is still present in AUR, but just as orphan package.
Then, I read this thread, this article and this post, and I discovered that there is no active development of PackageKit for Arch.
What is happening?
*grufo*
Last edited by grufo (2014-07-06 15:21:14)
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#2 2014-07-06 12:24:50
- karol
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Re: gnome-settings-daemon-updates: missing!
Maybe nobody wants to maintain it in the [community] repo. You're free to adopt the package in the AUR.
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#3 2014-07-06 12:35:56
- grufo
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Re: gnome-settings-daemon-updates: missing!
@karol
I think the problem is deeper regarding PackageKit…
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#4 2014-07-06 13:00:23
- arojas
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Re: gnome-settings-daemon-updates: missing!
The problem is pretty clear from the links you posted... the pacman backend for packagekit needs to be ported to the (not so) new PackageKit API and nobody has done it yet.
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#5 2014-07-06 13:09:33
- grufo
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Re: gnome-settings-daemon-updates: missing!
The problem is pretty clear from the links you posted... the pacman backend for packagekit needs to be ported to the (not so) new PackageKit API and nobody has done it yet.
I think that due to some peculiarities of Arch (= rolling relase distribution, vanilla packages, an amazing CL package manager as pacman is, AUR, etc. etc.), the PackageKit experience on Arch is really unique among *nix world. I really hope this problem will be solved as soon as possible!
*grufo*
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