Method

PackageKitClientresolve

since: 0.5.3

Declaration [src] 

PkResults*
pk_client_resolve (
  PkClient* client,
  PkBitfield filters,
  gchar** packages,
  GCancellable* cancellable,
  PkProgressCallback progress_callback,
  gpointer progress_user_data,
  GError** error
)

Description [src]

Resolve a package name into a package_id. This can return installed and available packages and allows you find out if a package is installed locally or is available in a repository.

Warning: this function is synchronous, and may block. Do not use it in GUI applications.

Available since: 0.5.3

Parameters

filters

Type: PkBitfield

A PkBitfield such as PK_FILTER_ENUM_GUI | PK_FILTER_ENUM_FREE or PK_FILTER_ENUM_NONE.

packages

Type: An array of gchar*

An array of package names to resolve, e.g. “gnome-system-tools”.

The array must be NULL-terminated.
The data is owned by the caller of the method.
Each element is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
cancellable

Type: GCancellable

A GCancellable or NULL.

The argument can be NULL.
The data is owned by the caller of the method.
progress_callback

Type: PkProgressCallback

The function to run when the progress changes.

progress_user_data

Type: gpointer

Data to pass to progress_callback.

The argument can be NULL.
The data is owned by the caller of the method.
error

Type: GError **

The return location for a recoverable error.

The argument can be NULL.
If the return location is not NULL, then you must initialize it to a NULL GError*.
The argument will be left initialized to NULL by the method if there are no errors.
In case of error, the argument will be set to a newly allocated GError; the caller will take ownership of the data, and be responsible for freeing it.

Return value

Type: PkResults

A PkResults object, or NULL for error.

The caller of the method takes ownership of the returned data, and is responsible for freeing it.