Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:55:34 -0600 From: Jeff Molofee <nehe@telus.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is "software update" in a working state yet? Message-ID: <4C4912B6.4040304@telus.net> In-Reply-To: <44d3ufl3rd.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20100721055517.B6C321065752@hub.freebsd.org> <4C47D479.30901@telus.net> <44d3ufl3rd.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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packagekit... moreso gnome-packagekit On 7/22/2010 1:23 PM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Jeff Molofee<nehe@telus.net> writes: > >> I've noticed software update pop up on the screen quite a bit lately. >> Initially it popped up and did nothing. Now in 8.1-RC2 it pops up and >> shows me that I actually have updates. When I click update, it seems >> like it's actually attempting to upgrade the listed packages, but the >> entire process always ends with "command 'update-packages' is not >> known". >> >> Do I have something misconfigured or is it still incomplete? > Pardon my naivete, but: > > What is "software update"? > It sounds like a GUI-ish thing; > Is it a part of some desktop manager? > Do you know what it uses as a backend?
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