PackageKit/Python: pk.install_packages() not able to install a package

[Matthias Klumpp]

2014-09-16 16:41 GMT+02:00 Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter at gmail.com>:
> On 09/16/2014 04:14 PM, Matthias Klumpp wrote:
>>>
>>>> (Also, using PkTask instead of PkClient is recommended)
>>>
>
> After Googling and having seen
>
> https://gitorious.org/appstream/software-center/commit/7d50219075436e2f74cd5a7380e8776eb9d87b03?diffmode=sidebyside
>
> I simply tried replacing
>
> pk = PackageKitGlib.Client()
>
> by
>
> pk = PackageKitGlib.Task()
>
> in install-printerdriver.py
>
> The script kept working as before, including giving the same error when
> installing the package.
That's odd. Maybe reporting a bug is a good option now, since I don't
see an obvious mistake you made here.
Can you run
sudo /usr/lib/packagekit/packagekid --verbose
in a second terminal and then execute your script and attach the
output of the packagekit daemon somewhere?
Cheers,
    Matthias

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