I felt the need for a GUI way of installing local packages on Kubuntu. Part of my plan to GUI-ize the “last mile” of CLI (command line interface) functions in Kubuntu. I found one for Debian packages, but it was debianized and wasn’t particularly descriptive. Great GPL’d code, though, so I made my own.
See it at http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=23981
Next on the list: a good way to edit options in all the /etc/*.conf files from a Control Center module. Also, someone needs to add a verbose feature to Kynaptic Package Manager, and a sources.list editor dialogue.