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<link type="guide" xref="tech" group="packagekit"/>
<credit type="author copyright">
<name>Shaun McCance</name>
<email its:translate="no">shaunm@gnome.org</email>
<years>2011–2012</years>
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<desc>Software installation and management</desc>
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<title>PackageKit</title>
<p>
PackageKit lets applications query whether other packages are installed,
regardless of the GNU/Linux distribution in which they are running. If
your application needs an extra package to be installed at runtime, it can
ask PackageKit to download and install it. For example, a multimedia
application may need to download a codec, or an illustration program may
need to download fonts as needed.
</p>
<p>
Various GNOME applications use PackageKit in similar situations. Totem,
the media player, uses PackageKit to request installation of codecs when it
tries to play a media file that it does not recognize.
System-config-printer, a program to configure printers when they are
plugged in, uses PackageKit to download and install printer drivers as needed.
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<item><p><link href="http://www.packagekit.org/">PackageKit home page</link></p></item>
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