Why does Software Centre mark any local .deb as proprietary
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Ubuntu's Software Center (actually Gnome-Software) likes to register itself as the tool to open a local .deb file.
But it always seem to report that app as being proprietary. Even if the file was downloaded from an official repo. Try opening any deb in your apt cache (/var/cache/apt/archive/*) for example.
Is this a decision to try and discourage users using deb files not displayed by the Software Center?
I have demonstrated this to my satisfaction on U1810. I normally use Mate and Synaptic so don't know how long this has been going on for.
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Ubuntu's Software Center (actually Gnome-Software) likes to register itself as the tool to open a local .deb file.
But it always seem to report that app as being proprietary. Even if the file was downloaded from an official repo. Try opening any deb in your apt cache (/var/cache/apt/archive/*) for example.
Is this a decision to try and discourage users using deb files not displayed by the Software Center?
I have demonstrated this to my satisfaction on U1810. I normally use Mate and Synaptic so don't know how long this has been going on for.
software-center gnome-software
edited Feb 10 at 10:35
mature
2,2074933
asked Feb 10 at 7:20
David BDavid B
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add a comment |
Ubuntu's Software Center (actually Gnome-Software) likes to register itself as the tool to open a local .deb file.
But it always seem to report that app as being proprietary. Even if the file was downloaded from an official repo. Try opening any deb in your apt cache (/var/cache/apt/archive/*) for example.
Is this a decision to try and discourage users using deb files not displayed by the Software Center?
I have demonstrated this to my satisfaction on U1810. I normally use Mate and Synaptic so don't know how long this has been going on for.
software-center gnome-software
edited Feb 10 at 10:35
mature
2,2074933
asked Feb 10 at 7:20
David BDavid B
111
Ubuntu's Software Center (actually Gnome-Software) likes to register itself as the tool to open a local .deb file.
But it always seem to report that app as being proprietary. Even if the file was downloaded from an official repo. Try opening any deb in your apt cache (/var/cache/apt/archive/*) for example.
Is this a decision to try and discourage users using deb files not displayed by the Software Center?
I have demonstrated this to my satisfaction on U1810. I normally use Mate and Synaptic so don't know how long this has been going on for.
software-center gnome-software
software-center gnome-software
edited Feb 10 at 10:35
mature
2,2074933
asked Feb 10 at 7:20
David BDavid B
111
edited Feb 10 at 10:35
mature
2,2074933
asked Feb 10 at 7:20
David BDavid B
111
edited Feb 10 at 10:35
mature
2,2074933
edited Feb 10 at 10:35
mature
2,2074933
edited Feb 10 at 10:35
mature
2,2074933
2,2074933
asked Feb 10 at 7:20
David BDavid B
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asked Feb 10 at 7:20
David BDavid B
111
asked Feb 10 at 7:20
David BDavid B
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It is a known bug. It was fixed upstream (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765482), but it still persists on Ubuntu.
GNOME Software does not install third-party .deb packages on Launchpad.
answered Feb 10 at 10:58
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No, don't think its 765482, thats about installing, my question is about gnome-software saying (my) open source app is proprietary. It says any deb that exists as a local file is 'proprietary'.
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It is a known bug. It was fixed upstream (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765482), but it still persists on Ubuntu.
GNOME Software does not install third-party .deb packages on Launchpad.
answered Feb 10 at 10:58
cialucialu
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No, don't think its 765482, thats about installing, my question is about gnome-software saying (my) open source app is proprietary. It says any deb that exists as a local file is 'proprietary'.
– David B
Feb 10 at 11:30
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It is a known bug. It was fixed upstream (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765482), but it still persists on Ubuntu.
GNOME Software does not install third-party .deb packages on Launchpad.
answered Feb 10 at 10:58
cialucialu
369520
No, don't think its 765482, thats about installing, my question is about gnome-software saying (my) open source app is proprietary. It says any deb that exists as a local file is 'proprietary'.
– David B
Feb 10 at 11:30
add a comment |
It is a known bug. It was fixed upstream (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765482), but it still persists on Ubuntu.
GNOME Software does not install third-party .deb packages on Launchpad.
answered Feb 10 at 10:58
cialucialu
369520
It is a known bug. It was fixed upstream (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765482), but it still persists on Ubuntu.
GNOME Software does not install third-party .deb packages on Launchpad.
answered Feb 10 at 10:58
cialucialu
369520
answered Feb 10 at 10:58
cialucialu
369520
answered Feb 10 at 10:58
cialucialu
369520
answered Feb 10 at 10:58
cialucialu
369520
369520
No, don't think its 765482, thats about installing, my question is about gnome-software saying (my) open source app is proprietary. It says any deb that exists as a local file is 'proprietary'.
– David B
Feb 10 at 11:30
add a comment |
No, don't think its 765482, thats about installing, my question is about gnome-software saying (my) open source app is proprietary. It says any deb that exists as a local file is 'proprietary'.
– David B
Feb 10 at 11:30
No, don't think its 765482, thats about installing, my question is about gnome-software saying (my) open source app is proprietary. It says any deb that exists as a local file is 'proprietary'.
– David B
Feb 10 at 11:30
No, don't think its 765482, thats about installing, my question is about gnome-software saying (my) open source app is proprietary. It says any deb that exists as a local file is 'proprietary'.
– David B
Feb 10 at 11:30
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