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PackageKit is a system designed to make installing and updating software on
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your computer easier. The primary design goal is to unify all the software
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graphical tools used in different distributions, and use some of the latest
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technology like PolicyKit to make the process suck less.
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The actual nuts-and-bolts distro tool (yum, apt, conary, etc) is used by
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PackageKit using compiled and scripted helpers. PackageKit isn't meant to
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replace these tools, instead providing a common set of abstractions that can
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be used by standard GUI and text mode package managers.
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PackageKit itself is a system activated daemon called packagekitd. Being
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system activated means that it's only being run when the user is using a text
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mode or graphical tool, and quits when it's no longer being used. This means
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we don't delay the boot sequence or session startup and don't consume memory
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when not being used.
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gnome-packagekit is the name of the collection of graphical tools for
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PackageKit to be used in the GNOME desktop.
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