PackageKit

PackageKit is a free and open-source suite of software applications designed to provide a consistent and high-level abstraction layer for a number of different package management systems. PackageKit was created by Richard Hughes in 2007, and first introduced into an operating system as a default application in May 2008 with the release of Fedora 9.

Key facts

Software.name: PackageKit
Software.logo: packagekit.png
Software.screenshot: Linux desktop system daemons and their graphical front-ends.svg
Software.caption: PackageKit is a system daemon, various graphical front-ends are available
Software.author: Richard Hughes
Software.developer: Richard Hughes, Matthias Klumpp, multiple backend maintainers
Software.programming language: C, C++, Python
Software.operating system: Linux
Software.genre: Package management system
Software.license: GNU General Public License

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Software architecture
Front-ends
Back-ends
See also
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The suite is cross-platform, though it is primarily targeted at Linux distributions which follow the interoperability standards set out by the freedesktop.org group. It uses the software libraries provided by the D-Bus and Polkit projects to handle inter-process communication and privilege negotiation respectively.