Packagekit

[joebonrichie]

To test this PR, build it as follows:

gotoaosrepo && gh pr checkout 968
for pkg in packagekit gnome-software
do
    { chpkg ${pkg} && just build && just mv-local ;} \
    || { echo "Something went wrong while building ${pkg} -- stopping." && break ;}
done

There is no need to build and install moss on its own, as packagekit links statically to the moss functionality it needs.

Then run sudo moss repo update && sudo moss it packagekit && sudo moss dr volatile && sudo moss sync -u && sudo moss er volatile to install the packagekit package and sync the gnome-software package without installing available updates from volatile in the same go.

At this point, you need to ensure that your session can see the new /usr directory. So at the very least, you should re-log (a reboot might be necessary).

After this, run:

pkcon backend-details

... which should output something like this:

❯ pkcon backend-details
Name:           moss
Description:    Moss - atomic stateful package manager
Author: Aeryn OS Developers <copyright@aerynos.com>

If you see something like this above, you are now ready to run gnome-software and try using it to update your system.

IFF the PackageKit backend is working like it should, THEN you should be able to see your installed moss-format .stone packages in the Installed list in G-S.