You may look at this page: http://packagekit.org/pk-intro.html
Basically, PackageKit allows applications to interact with the package
manager without knowing exactly what it is (yum, apt, zypper etc.).
It basically provides those advantages:
* Boot time security updates
* Installing files automatically, e.g. openoffice-clipart
* Installing new features, e.g. smart-card readers
* Allowing unprivileged users to install software in a corporate build
* Opening unknown file formats
* Removing dependencies for files
It also has a lot of other benefits, check our Richard Hughes summary on
the pkit website.
You may look at this page: http:// packagekit. org/pk- intro.html
Basically, PackageKit allows applications to interact with the package
manager without knowing exactly what it is (yum, apt, zypper etc.).
It basically provides those advantages:
* Boot time security updates
* Installing files automatically, e.g. openoffice-clipart
* Installing new features, e.g. smart-card readers
* Allowing unprivileged users to install software in a corporate build
* Opening unknown file formats
* Removing dependencies for files
It also has a lot of other benefits, check our Richard Hughes summary on
the pkit website.