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About
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This plugin checks for available updates using PackageKit
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http://packagekit.org/ on Linux systems
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Why a new plugin?
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There are already plugins out there like check_yum and check_apt which do
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check for updates but they are distribution specific. The main drivers are:
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* Can run unprivileged
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* No sudo/selinux problems
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* Non distribution specific, works on debian, ubuntu, fedora, centos, rhel...
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Caveats
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* PackageKit does draw in quite a few packages with it.
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* Does not work on older distros, like centos/rhel 5.
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Dependencies
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pynag-0.4.7+
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Known to work with PackageKit 0.7.6 or later
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Room for improvement
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====================
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The plugin executes pkcon instead of using the API directly. I actually gave
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the API a whirl via "from gi.repository import PackageKitGlib as packagekit"
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but the documentation was very lacking so I ended up with pkcon.
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License
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GPLv3 or newer, see LICENSE-GPL3 in the root of the project
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