---
name: "session-installer"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sessioninstaller"
version: "0.20-1"
release: "Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/session-installer"
---

# session-installer(1)

allows applications to easily install and remove software

## NAME

session-installer - allows applications to easily install and remove software

## SYNOPSIS

**session-installer**

## DESCRIPTION

**Session-installer** allows applications to easily install additional software (e.g. extensions or GSreamer codecs), unstall files and perform simple package status queries by  calling a distribution neutral D-Bus interface.

The whole process of confirmation, error reporting and progress notification  is handled by sessioninstaller. Currently it comes only with a GTK based user  interface.

The D-Bus interface is developed under the PackageKit umbrella and is available on the session bus. The reference implementation can be found in  gnome-packagekit. It was also adpoted by KPackageKit.

In contrast to gnome-packagekit and KPackageKit it doesn't use the PackageKit  daemon for querying and installation, but instead makes use of APT and  aptdaemon directly (alternatively synaptic can be used).

Normally it is not required to start this programme manually since it makes use of D-Bus activation and will be started on request automatically.

## ENVIRONMENT

- SESSIONINSTALLER\_BACKEND

  Set the package manager which should be used for installation. Possible values are  *aptdaemon*, *synaptic* and *dummy*.

## HOMEPAGE

https://launchpad.net/sessioninstaller

## BUGS

You can report bugs at the Launchpad site of aptdaemon: https://bugs.launchpad.net/sessioninstaller/+filebug

## AUTHOR

Sebastian Heinlein \<devel at glatzor dot de\>

## SEE ALSO

**[aptd(1)](/aptd/1.md)** **http://www.packagekit.org/pk-faq.html#session-methods**