Microsoft Teams for Linux and Software Install

[Karl Auer]

Some of my clients use Teams, so I have been using the Linux desktop
application available from Microsoft:

   
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/microsoft-teams/download-app

Previously (16.04) I installed it using the software installer. That
is, right click, select "open with software installer".

On 20.04, the software installer just sat there with an hourglass
(well, a little blue circular twirly thing, whatever they call it now)
for a looong time before I closed it and installed directly with dpkg,
which worked fine:

$ sudo dpkg -i teams_1.3.00.16851_amd64.deb 
Selecting previously unselected package teams.
(Reading database ... 214901 files and directories currently
installed.)
Preparing to unpack teams_1.3.00.16851_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking teams (1.3.00.16851) ...
Setting up teams (1.3.00.16851) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.24-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.64ubuntu1) ...

"A looong time" is twenty minutes the first try and twelve hours the
second try (after downloading the package again). The specific package
is:

   teams_1.3.00.16851_amd64.deb

I've noticed that 20.04 often brings up windows behind other windows,
so I looked for e.g. a privilege escalation dialogue, but nope; nothing
that it was visibly waiting on.

I rarely use the software installer, but it has always worked in the
past. Have others seen this odd behaviour?

Regards, K.

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