Packagekit allows to perform simple software management tasks over a dbus interface e.g. refreshing the cache, updating, installing and removing software packages or searching for multimedia codecs and file handlers.

this package contains a set of gtk+ based applications for packagekit:
- status icon for packagekit transactions (gpk-update-icon)
- system update tool (gpk-update-viewer)
- software installation and removal tool (gpk-applications)
- repository editor (gpk-repo)
- several small helpers and prototype implementations