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[Solved] How to ask for apps/snap.

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Re: How to ask for apps.

#21 Post by keos »

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keos@keos-inspiron3583:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for keos: 
root@keos-inspiron3583:~# ls /var/lib/snapd/
apparmor     cache   desktop	  features   lib      sequence	  system-key
assertions   cookie  device	  firstboot  mount    snaps	  void
auto-import  dbus-1  environment  inhibit    seccomp  state.json
root@keos-inspiron3583:~# apt install mlocate
Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho
Creando árbol de dependencias... Hecho
Leyendo la información de estado... Hecho
Paquetes sugeridos:
  nocache
Se instalarán los siguientes paquetes NUEVOS:
  mlocate
0 actualizados, 1 nuevos se instalarán, 0 para eliminar y 0 no actualizados.
Se necesita descargar 98.3 kB de archivos.
Se utilizarán 517 kB de espacio de disco adicional después de esta operación.
Des:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/main amd64 mlocate amd64 0.26-5 [98.3 kB]
Descargados 98.3 kB en 0s (757 kB/s)
Seleccionando el paquete mlocate previamente no seleccionado.
(Leyendo la base de datos ... 227658 ficheros o directorios instalados actualmente.)
Preparando para desempaquetar .../mlocate_0.26-5_amd64.deb ...
Desempaquetando mlocate (0.26-5) ...
Configurando mlocate (0.26-5) ...
update-alternatives: utilizando /usr/bin/mlocate para proveer /usr/bin/locate (l
ocate) en modo automático
Añadiendo el grupo `mlocate' (GID 127) ...
Hecho.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/timers.target.wants/mlocate.timer → /lib/sys
temd/system/mlocate.timer.
/usr/sbin/policy-rc.d returned 101, not running 'start mlocate.service mlocate.t
imer'
Procesando disparadores para man-db (2.9.4-2) ...
localepurge: Disk space freed:    300 KiB in /usr/share/locale
localepurge: Disk space freed:      0 KiB in /usr/share/man
localepurge: Disk space freed:      0 KiB in /usr/share/gnome/help
localepurge: Disk space freed:      0 KiB in /usr/share/tcltk
localepurge: Disk space freed:      0 KiB in /usr/share/cups/locale
localepurge: Disk space freed:      0 KiB in /usr/share/aptitude
localepurge: Disk space freed:      0 KiB in /usr/share/cups/locale
localepurge: Disk space freed:      0 KiB in /usr/share/help

Total disk space freed by localepurge: 300 KiB

root@keos-inspiron3583:~# updatedb
root@keos-inspiron3583:~# locate snap-store_snap-store.desktop
root@keos-inspiron3583:~# 
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Re: How to ask for apps.

#22 Post by keos »

Again, just in case, this time using LANG=C for english,

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keos@keos-inspiron3583:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for keos: 
root@keos-inspiron3583:~# LANG=C ls /var/lib/snapd/
apparmor     cache   desktop	  features   lib      sequence	  system-key
assertions   cookie  device	  firstboot  mount    snaps	  void
auto-import  dbus-1  environment  inhibit    seccomp  state.json
root@keos-inspiron3583:~# LANG=C apt install mlocate
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
mlocate is already the newest version (0.26-5).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@keos-inspiron3583:~# LANG=C updatedb
root@keos-inspiron3583:~# locate snap-store_snap-store.desktop
root@keos-inspiron3583:~# 

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Re: How to ask for apps.

#23 Post by kedaha »

And

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ls -l /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/
?
Funny,but everything works perfectly on my system.
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Re: How to ask for apps.

#24 Post by keos »

This is very rare ... I did nothing, I decided to go back at the beginning and ...

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keos@keos-inspiron3583:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for keos: 
root@keos-inspiron3583:~# LANG=C ls /var/lib/snapd/
apparmor     cache   desktop	  features   lib      sequence	  system-key
assertions   cookie  device	  firstboot  mount    snaps	  void
auto-import  dbus-1  environment  inhibit    seccomp  state.json
root@keos-inspiron3583:~# LANG=C apt install mlocate
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
mlocate is already the newest version (0.26-5).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@keos-inspiron3583:~# LANG=C updatedb
root@keos-inspiron3583:~# locate snap-store_snap-store.desktop
root@keos-inspiron3583:~# apt install snapd
Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho
Creando árbol de dependencias... Hecho
Leyendo la información de estado... Hecho
snapd ya está en su versión más reciente (2.49-1+b5).
0 actualizados, 0 nuevos se instalarán, 0 para eliminar y 0 no actualizados.
root@keos-inspiron3583:~# snap install core
snap "core" is already installed, see 'snap help refresh'
root@keos-inspiron3583:~# snap install snap-store
snap-store 3.38.0-64-g23c4c77 from Canonical✓ installed
root@keos-inspiron3583:~# cp /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/snap-store_snap-store.desktop /usr/share/applications/
root@keos-inspiron3583:~# snap install brave
brave 1.28.106 from Brave Software (brave) installed
root@keos-inspiron3583:~# cp /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/brave_brave.desktop /usr/share/applications/
root@keos-inspiron3583:~# snap install --edge scidvspc-hkvc
scidvspc-hkvc (edge) svn-3144-20201022 from hanishkvc installed
root@keos-inspiron3583:~# snap install youtube-dl
youtube-dl 2021.06.06+git7fb9564 from Joe Borg (joeborg) installed
root@keos-inspiron3583:~# 

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Re: How to ask for apps.

#25 Post by keos »

If this is everything and the packages are installed, where are they? -- any instruction to follow 'how' to do with snap?.
scidvspc-hkvc
Thank you very much for your help!

EDIT: After reboot i found Brave, but nothing about youtube-dl-gui (at least not on this name) neither about scid ...


It looks like everything is there but i don't know who to find ...

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keos@keos-inspiron3583:~$ snap list
Name               Version                Rev    Tracking       Publisher   Notes
brave              1.28.106               126    latest/stable  brave       -
core               16-2.51.4              11606  latest/stable  canonical✓  core
core18             20210722               2128   latest/stable  canonical✓  base
gnome-3-34-1804    0+git.3556cb3          72     latest/stable  canonical✓  -
gtk-common-themes  0.1-52-gb92ac40        1515   latest/stable  canonical✓  -
scidvspc-hkvc      svn-3144-20201022      5      latest/edge    hanishkvc   -
snap-store         3.38.0-64-g23c4c77     547    latest/stable  canonical✓  -
youtube-dl         2021.06.06+git7fb9564  4568   latest/stable  joeborg     -
keos@keos-inspiron3583:~$
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Re: How to ask for apps.

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#27 Post by kedaha »

Am pleased to help. I play chess too!
I didn't notice that it was youtube-dl-pro so the previous command didn't work unless you install it via the snapstore.

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# snap install youtube-dl-pro
# cp /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/youtube-dl-pro_youtube-dl-pro.desktop /usr/share/applications/
For the chess application:

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# snap install --edge scidvspc-hkvc
# cp /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/scidvspc-hkvc_scidvspc-hkvc.desktop /usr/share/applications/
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keos@keos-inspiron3583:~$ sudo snap install youtube-dl-pro
snap "youtube-dl-pro" is already installed, see 'snap help refresh'
keos@keos-inspiron3583:~$ sudo snap install --edge scidvspc-hkvc
snap "scidvspc-hkvc" is already installed, see 'snap help refresh'
keos@keos-inspiron3583:~$ snap list
Name               Version                Rev    Tracking       Publisher    Notes
brave              1.28.106               126    latest/stable  brave        -
core               16-2.51.4              11606  latest/stable  canonical✓   core
core18             20210722               2128   latest/stable  canonical✓   base
gnome-3-34-1804    0+git.3556cb3          72     latest/stable  canonical✓   -
gtk-common-themes  0.1-52-gb92ac40        1515   latest/stable  canonical✓   -
pyqt5-runtime      18.04.1                9      latest/stable  rishabh3354  -
scidvspc-hkvc      svn-3144-20201022      5      latest/edge    hanishkvc    -
snap-store         3.38.0-64-g23c4c77     547    latest/stable  canonical✓   -
youtube-dl         2021.06.06+git7fb9564  4568   latest/stable  joeborg      -
youtube-dl-pro     0.3                    33     latest/stable  rishabh3354  -
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#29 Post by kedaha »

On my mate desktop they all appear under "Applications." I don't know why the chess app, youtube-dl-pro & the snapstore don't appear in XFCE after running the commands.
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It's worse than that because at least the file should appear somewhere:

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keos@keos-inspiron3583:~$ locate youtube-dl-pro
keos@keos-inspiron3583:~$ locate scidvspc-hkvc
keos@keos-inspiron3583:~$ 

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#31 Post by keos »

I got them!.

In my case the reboot was not enough I had to turn off the PC ... yes ... under 'applications'.

Very grateful for all the interest placed on this matter for you!!.
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Re: [Solved] How to ask for apps.

#32 Post by stevepusser »

If you want them in the official Debian repos, you should file a bug report for the program as a "WTP" (want the package?).

Remember that Debian has a strict policy about what packages can be added to the main repo--read the Debian Free Software Guidelines.

I really have major doubts about Brave--is it even FLOSS? The best we've done for MX Linux's bespoke Package Installer is just make it a point and click install to get the deb from the devs, at your own risk. Though Pale Moon is FLOSS, there are developer restrictions on its name that would require a Debian packager to rename the browser if they followed policy to build it from source--something like "New Moon" or "Ice Moon".

Users also need to be aware that snaps and flatpacks are simply ginormous compared to the standard repo packages, and there are many cheaper devices out there with not a lot of space on their drives
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#33 Post by keos »

If you want them in the official Debian repos, you should file a bug report for the program as a "WTP" (want the package?).
Where is that site? Can a user without any technical knowledge fill out such a report?
I do not see anything added into the repositories it seems that Snap has an independence from them.
I am not an expert, not even an advanced user.

Thanks for the info.

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