Onscreen Fundamentals
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KPackage has two panels. The left panel displays a tree of the installed and available packages, the right panel displays information on the packages.
When KPackage is started normally (that is it has not been invoked via drag and drop and has not been given any parameters) it displays two panels with the package tree on the left, this tree shows installed and available packages.
Left Panel - Package Tree
The left panel displays the list of packages
The Search: line filters the package tree so that only those packages whose name or summary contains the search string are displayed. The columns that are searched can be changed by a menu that can be brought up by clicking the mouse button on the search line.
Next to the search line is a pull down menu that filters the displayed packages based on status:
Installed Packages - Show packages that have been installed
New Packages - Show uninstalled packages that are new or have been updated
Updated Packages - Show installed packages for which newer versions are available
Available Packages - Show uninstalled packages
All Packages - All packages
The package tree is based on the sections of the distribution and shows summary information about the packages:
Package - Name of the package
Mark - Shows a tick if the package has been marked. Marking allows multiple packages to be installed or uninstalled at once using the buttons located below the package tree.
Summary - A short description of the package.
Size - The package size
Version - The package version
Old Version - If the package updates an installed package, the version of the old package
The packages have graphical labels to indicate their state, an image representing the package type means an installed package, a N indicates an available package and a U means a package that can upgrade an installed package.
A single package is selected by clicking on the name. Clicking on the dot in the Mark column marks the package with a tick, a second click unmarks it, while Shift+ click can be used to mark a range of packages and Ctrl+ click can be used to add and remove marks on packages.
Selecting a package from the tree displays information about it in the right panel.
