Ubuntu
gnome-software package

  1. Xenial (16.04)
  2. Bug #1573408
  3. Comment #74

Comment 74 for bug 1573408

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Aere Greenway (aere) wrote : Re: [Bug 1573408] Re: GNOME Software does not install third-party .deb packages

On 09/06/2018 08:54 AM, Olivier Tilloy wrote:
> I'm unable to observe the issue. In firefox, I browsed to
> https://google.com/chrome, clicked the link to download the deb and
> chose to execute it with the default application (which turns out to be
> gnome-software), clicked "Install", and Chrome got installed. It is not,
> however, listed in the "Installed" tab. Not sure whether that is
> intended for standalone debs that don't come from a known repository.
>
 My initial testing on 18.04 showed that it installed the KeyMusician
Keyboard application (which I support) properly.

I don't know if things have changed since my initial testing, or if
different Debian package install encounter problems.

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Sincerely,
Aere