I’m not sure if this is a bug or user error, but seemingly every time I install some software, for example the flatpak version of Steam, the Pop! Shop shows an Update available, which then installs the deb version of the same application.

So I end up with two copies of Steam, two copies of VS Code, and a few more apps. Removing this extra deb version works but messes up the app icons.

What is going on?

    • cowpoweredOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I agree it shouldn’t, but it appears to do so. I’ll see if I can reproduce it again, and if so I’ll file a bug. It’s just so strange I’m still not 100% sure if it isn’t user error somehow…

      Well I can’t repro it. I’m reasonably sure it installed the deb version of a package through an “Update”, even though I just installed the same app as a Flatpak moments before. But now it doesn’t seem to happen anymore with other apps. I tried Audacity and a few others. Anyway, strange…

  • miket@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Check your repo lists, you may have extra repos that may have been added by your app installs.