How to use PackageKit in Fedora

Since I moved from Ubuntu, I somehow found it inconvenient for me to experience the transition. For example, when I did yum operation, the command line triggered PackageKit locked my operation. So I googled a bit on PackageKit.. not much being written/help.

I found this PDF and tried some of the operations:


najmi@fedora:~$ pkcon get-updates
Getting updates               [=========================]         
Waiting in queue              [=========================]         
Starting                      [=========================]         
Getting information           [=========================]         
Downloading update information[=========================]         
There are no updates available at this time.

Then, let say I want to install "Gimp"

najmi@fedora:~$ sudo pkcon install gimp

Simulating install            [=========================]         

Waiting in queue              [=========================]         

Starting                      [=========================]         

Running                       [=========================]         

Resolving dependencies        [=========================]         

Installing packages           [=========================]         

The following packages have to be installed:

 libwmf-0.2.8.4-32.fc17.x86_64 Windows MetaFile Library

 gimp-2:2.8.2-6.fc17.x86_64 GNU Image Manipulation Program

 gegl-0.2.0-1.fc17.x86_64 A graph based image processing framework

 gimp-libs-2:2.8.2-6.fc17.x86_64 GIMP libraries

 libspiro-20071029-6.fc17.x86_64 Library to simplify the drawing of beautiful curves

 babl-0.1.10-3.fc17.x86_64 A dynamic, any to any, pixel format conversion library

 webkitgtk-1.8.3-1.fc17.x86_64 GTK+ Web content engine library

Proceed with changes? [N/y] y

                              [=========================]         

Installing                    [=========================]         

Waiting in queue              [=========================]         

Waiting for authentication    [=========================]         

Waiting in queue              [=========================]         

Starting                      [=========================]         

Running                       [=========================]         

Resolving dependencies        [=========================]         

Downloading packages          [                         ] (0%)

That's all for now. The usage is pretty obvious, don't you think?