packagekit 0.6.7-0ubuntu1 (amd64 binary) in ubuntu maverick

 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.
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 The work is done by backends which make use of the package manager shipped by
 the corresponding distribution. PackageKit is not meant to replace
 advanced tools like Synaptic.
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 The main benefits are:
  - unified interface on several distributions
  - fine grained privilleges by using PolicyKit
  - independecy from a running desktop session during the processing