kiod6 - what is this? 03 August 2024, 01:57:15 I am proud of knowing all the software that runs on my computers and I find this running on my desktop and I have zero idea what this is.
Re: kiod6 - what is this? Reply #1 – 03 August 2024, 07:41:55 Could it be Kio d (as in daemon), version 6?
Re: kiod6 - what is this? Reply #2 – 03 August 2024, 07:44:42 Here's a cool operation that pacman has:Quote-F, --filesQuery the files database. This operation allows you to look for packages owning certain files or display files owned by certainpackages. Only packages that are part of your sync databases are searched.So, in order to use it for your example, do:Code: [Select]pacman -Fy (download database, notice that it is -Fy, not -Sy)pacman -F kiod6The last command returnsQuoteworld/kio 6.4.1-1 (kf6) [installed] usr/lib/kf6/kiod6And from here you can look up all of the info with "pacman -Si kiod6". It seems to be a KDE thingEdit: oops, corysanin was quicker than me Last Edit: 03 August 2024, 07:52:17 by MaxLPM 1 Likes
Re: kiod6 - what is this? Reply #3 – 03 August 2024, 22:16:26 that is not what I am asking though. I am asking what it does. It has hooks in dozens of things, especially liboffice. I don't know why though. I need something that says kiod6 DOES this...extra/kio 6.4.1-1 (kf6) [installed] Resource and network access abstractionIs meaningless to me... Last Edit: 03 August 2024, 22:27:47 by mrbrklyn
Re: kiod6 - what is this? Reply #5 – 04 August 2024, 00:40:25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIO 1 Likes
Re: kiod6 - what is this? Reply #6 – 04 August 2024, 06:20:44 sounds like it is useless garbage trying to replace nornal unix services that I don't want. Why I need this crap for okular makes a huge problem for me now. I'm going to need a new pdf viewer. Last Edit: 04 August 2024, 06:56:38 by mrbrklyn
Re: kiod6 - what is this? Reply #7 – 04 August 2024, 09:23:09 May I recommend zathura? This one follows the Unix philosophy to the letter Or your browser probably has a pdf reader already built in (at least anything based on Chromium or Firefox does)
Re: kiod6 - what is this? Reply #8 – 04 August 2024, 09:45:26 Quote from: mrbrklyn – on 04 August 2024, 06:20:44sounds like it is useless garbage trying to replace nornal unix services that I don't want. To me it's very useful but I can understand that train of thought if you don't use KDE as your desktop.If you want rid of KIO you do need an alternative pdf viewer.KIO is required by KDE itself and most of the useful KDE programs. 1 Likes