Lubuntu Noble 24.04 Beta - qapt-deb-installer - No longer working

[Richard Pratt]

[Symptoms]
When attempting to install local deb packages using qapt-deb-installer on Lubuntu Noble Numbat 24.04 BETA 20240412, the deb package install fails with same error for a number of deb packages.

The error displayed is Status: Error: Cannot satisfy dependencies

NOTE: The qapt-deb-installer was working fine with Lubuntu Noble Numbat 24.04 ALPHA daily builds in March/April so appears to have been introduced in the Beta.

Same symptoms experienced when installing local deb packages for (i) Balena Etcher (ii) Opera Browser
Same symptoms for Minimal and Normal Installations
Lubuntu beta installed on base hardware Dell Wyse 3040 (UEFI).

[Possibly Related Symptom Reports]
https://www.reddit.com/r/Kubuntu/comments/v94ghk/every_deb_i_try_to_install_with_the_installer_it/?rdt=34637

[Workaround]
Have to install via the CLI terminal command "sudo apt install /path/to/package.deb"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: qapt-deb-installer 3.0.5-2build3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-22.22-generic 6.8.1
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.0-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CurrentDesktop: LXQt
Date: Sat Apr 13 17:39:20 2024
InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-04-13 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Beta amd64 (20240412)
SourcePackage: libqapt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)