They don't just behave different, they are different.
Manager relys on the complete archive cache, installer relys on
app-install-data. Simply put: manager can install everything, installer only
applications with GUI (more precise, such which ship a desktop file in
usr/share/applications).
That
Thanks for the explanation. I submitted bug #286662 against kdeplasma-
addons. There are probably other packages missing from app-install-data,
but since developers and power-users tend not to use adept-installer
themselves, it may take a while to notice them.
I still think the search algorithm