DDE Application Manager

WORK IN PROGRESS

This branch is used to totally refactor.

Refactor plan.

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DDE Application Manager is the app manager of Deepin Desktop Environment.

Dependencies

You can also check the "Depends" provided in the debian/control file.

Build dependencies

You can also check the "Build-Depends" provided in the debian/control file.

Installation

Build from source code

1. Make sure you have installed all dependencies.

2. Build:

$ cd dde-application-manager
$ cmake -B build
$ cmake --build build -j`nproc`

3. Install

sudo cmake --install build

Package Manager Integration

⚠️ Important for Package Maintainers and Porters

DDE Application Manager requires a package manager hook to automatically detect application installations, updates, and removals. Without this hook, the application list in the desktop environment will NOT automatically update when users install or remove applications.

The hook triggers a D-Bus service (app-update-notifier) that notifies the application manager to reload the application list. This ensures the launcher, application menu, and other desktop components stay synchronized with installed packages.

Quick Setup

For Debian/Ubuntu systems, the dpkg hook is automatically installed to:

/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/am-update-hook

For other distributions (Fedora, Arch Linux, openSUSE, etc.), you need to configure the appropriate package manager hook. See the detailed guide:

📖 Package Manager Hook Guide

This guide includes:

• Architecture and workflow explanation
• Hook configurations for different package managers (dpkg, RPM, Pacman, etc.)
• Testing and troubleshooting instructions
• Verification checklist for package maintainers

Getting help

• Matrix
• WiKi
• Forum
• Developer Center

Getting involved

We encourage you to report issues and contribute changes

• Contribution guide for developers. (English)
• 开发者代码贡献指南 (中文)

License

dde-application-manager is licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later.