Issues with missing signatures when updating

[Gilles Gravier]

Hi!

On 25/08/2020 13:30, Liam Proven wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 at 13:21, Gilles Gravier <ggravier at fsfe.org> wrote:
>> Sorry but that is not correct advice. Some apps just don't have a repo
>> or presence in the Ubuntu Software store. That doesn't mean they should
>> be avoided. It just means you need to do things manually where they are
>> concerned.
> I described the manual way to do it, and recommended it.
>
> My point was that if that sounds too hard, then just grabbing the DEB
> file and installing it and hoping for the best was _not_ the
> recommended way to proceed.

Agreed... if there is no alternative. As an example, Zoom doesn't have a
repo. Only .debs. But the app actually tells you when you should update
(which you do manually).

Gilles


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