GNOME Software

GNOME Software
Initial release September 25, 2013 (2013-09-25)[1]
Stable release 3.22.2 (9 November 2016 (2016-11-09)[2]) [±]
Preview release 3.23.2 (23 November 2016 (2016-11-23)[3]) [±]
Repository git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-software/
Written in C
Operating system Linux and Unix-like
License GNU General Public License
Website wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Software

GNOME Software is a utility for software installation and updates on computers running Linux.

It is the GNOME front-end to the PackageKit daemon, which itself is a front-end to several package management systems. These include systems based on both RPM and DEB. It is written in C, and was introduced in GNOME 3.10.

The program can be used to add and manage repositories as well as Ubuntu Personal Package Archives (PPA). Ubuntu replaced its previous Ubuntu Software Center program with GNOME Software starting with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS,[4] re-branded as "Ubuntu software". It also supports fwupd for servicing of system firmware.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "GNOME 3.10 Released!". 25 September 2013.
  2. ↑ Clasen, Matthias (21 September 2016). "GNOME 3.22". gnome-announce-list (Mailing list). Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Clasen, Matthias (21 September 2016). "GNOME 3.22". gnome-announce-list (Mailing list). Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ubuntu 16.04 LTS will dump the Ubuntu Software Center for GNOME Software". PCWorld.
  5. ↑ "fwupd: Simple, Open-Source Device Firmware Updating". Phoronix. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
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