Aptdaemon allows normal users to perform package management tasks, e.g. refreshing the cache, upgrading the system, installing or removing software packages.
Currently it comes with the following main features:
- Programming language independent D-Bus interface, which allows to write clients in several languages
- Transaction based design which allows to queue actions
- The daemon runs only if required (D-Bus activation)
- Fine grained privilege management using PolicyKit, e.g. allowing all desktop user to query for updates without entering a password
- Support for media changes during installation from DVD/CDROM
- Support for debconf (Debian's package configuration system)
- Support for attaching a terminal to the underlying dpkg call
- Command line client aptdcon
- Python GTK widgets to monitor and control a running transaction
Aptdaemon was inspired by PackageKit which doesn't allow a tight integration into Debian/Ubuntu by policy: Running transaction are not allowed to be paused. This makes the use of debconf or resolving config file conflicts impossible.
The documentation can be found at the home page.
Project information
- Maintainer:
- Canonical Foundations Team
- Driver:
- Sebastian Heinlein
- Licence:
- GNU GPL v2
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trunk series is the current focus of development.
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- Version control system:
- Git
- Programming languages:
- Python
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All packages Packages in Distributions
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aptdaemon source package in Xenial
Version 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14.5 uploaded -
aptdaemon source package in Trusty
Version 1.1.1-1ubuntu5.2 uploaded -
aptdaemon source package in Questing
Version 2.0.2 uploaded -
aptdaemon source package in Precise
Version 0.43+bzr805-0ubuntu10.1 uploaded -
aptdaemon source package in Plucky
Version 2.0.2 uploaded
All bugs Latest bugs reported
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Bug #2080123: Ubuntu 22.04 upgrade to 24.04 - invalid escape sequence
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Bug #2041705: ERROR ubuntu_desktop_installer: Unhandled exception ProcessException: ProcessException: No such file or directory
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Bug #1963704: aptdaemon has programming error
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Bug #1936916: не устанавливаются пакеты из центра приложений moon. к примеру, хочу установить тимвьюир и выдает ошибку: Could not download packages
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Bug #1916630: aptdaemon unspecified problem won't allow me to install other software
Reported
More contributors Top contributors
- Julian Andres Klode 105 points
- Nathan Teodosio 60 points
- Oliver W. 3 points