KPackage was KDE

KDE

KDE is an international free software community producing an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X systems...

's package manager frontend.

It supported BSD, Debian

Deb (file format)

deb is the extension of the Debian software package format and the most often used name for such binary packages. Like the "Deb" part of the term Debian, it originates from the name of Debra, erstwhile girlfriend and now ex-wife of Debian's founder Ian Murdock.Debian packages are also used in...

, Gentoo

Gentoo Linux

Gentoo Linux is a computer operating system built on top of the Linux kernel and based on the Portage package management system. It is distributed as free and open source software. Unlike a conventional software distribution, the user compiles the source code locally according to their chosen...

, RPM

RPM Package Manager

RPM Package Manager is a package management system. The name RPM variously refers to the .rpm file format, files in this format, software packaged in such files, and the package manager itself...

 and Slackware packages. It provided a GUI for the management and upgrade of existing packages and the installation and acquirement of new packages. Additionally, it provided functionality to help manage package caches.

KPackage was part of kdeadmin

Kdeadmin

kdeadmin is a KDE package that contains administrative tools.- List of software :*KCron - Crontab editor*KDat - Tar-based tape archiver*knetworkconf*KPackage - Package manager*KControl - Centralized settings manager*ksystemlog...

, and was developed at KDE.org.

The successor of KPackage will be Shaman2.

See also

• Adept Manager
• PackageKit
  PackageKit
  PackageKit is an open source and free suite of software applications designed to provide a consistent and high-level front end for a number of different package management systems...
  
  
• Synaptic (software)
• Ubuntu Software Center
  Ubuntu Software Center
  Ubuntu Software Center is a computer program for browsing, installing and removing software on the Ubuntu operating system. Based upon the GNOME application, gnome-app-install, which is similar in function and appearance, it serves as a GTK+ graphical user interface front-end to the Advanced...