AppInstall Runner
This is Plasma Runner Plugin, which allows to install missing applications from KRunner (Alt+F2) by entering their name.
Installation from packages
If you are using Ubuntu Karmic you may install package plasma-runner-appinstall from my PPA at https://launchpad.net/~alexey-noskov/+archive/kde
You can add this PPA to your system by adding ppa:alexey-noskov/kde to your system's Software Sources
This PPA can be added to your system manually by copying the lines below and adding them to your system's software sources.
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/alexey-noskov/kde/ubuntu lucid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/alexey-noskov/kde/ubuntu lucid main
Build instructions
cd /where/your/runner/is/installed
mkdir build
cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$KDEDIRS ..
make
sudo make install
(your $KDEDIRS is where you install your KDE 4)
Restart krunner:
kbuildsycoca4
kquitapp krunner
krunner
Alt-F2 to launch KRunner and in the runners list you will find application installation runner.
Copyright © 2010 Alexey Noskov, released under the GPLv3 license Idea from http://forum.kde.org/brainstorm.php#idea63024