On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 04:51:18PM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Thu, Jan 30, 2025 at 04:14:00PM +0000, Michael wrote: > > Thanks very much for your help and suggestions. > > > > I am running Debian 12 on a desktop. > > > > My aim is to set up and use a TOTP authenticator app called Ente Auth. > >
apt search totp > > As far as I can see, this is a third party package from > https://github.com/ente-io/ente/releases?q=tag%3Aauth-v4 > In other words: Way below the quality standard of Debian > > I ran, as root :- > > > > dpkg -i ente-auth-v4.2.8-x86_64.deb > > > > to create an executable file enteauth, which runs the Ente Auth app. > > > > Ente Auth appear to have a Github repository - see below for the > download link. > > > The app worked okay for a few days. I then closed everything down to do my > > monthly Debian update. > > > > When I restarted the app I got a window saying an update was available for > > Ente Auth. > > > > So I downloaded the new .deb file and installed it (again using root) :- > > > > dpkg -i ente-auth-v4.3.1-x86_64.deb > > > > https://github.com/ente-io/ente/releases/download/auth-v4.3.2/ente-auth-v4.3.2-x86_64.deb > > Would download the latest. It looks as if they're updating fairly regularly. > Unfortunately, they haven't gone the extra mile and provided a nice > repository and a /etc/apt/sources.list.d file/ for an automatic update > experience. > > > This should overwrite the previous executable enteauth. > > > > Without knowing what their package actually does and how good they are > at sorting out their own files - that *should* but we don't know whether > it does / whether their package install/removal script cleans up after itself > properly or at all. Just visit https://xyproblem.info > > I started Ente Auth again, but the app still showed the update window. I > > then found a lot of error messages coming from the Ente Auth app, > > indicating a bug in the new executable. > > > > Unfortunately I did not think to run any Debian package commands to check > > on the status of the v4.2.8 or v4.3.1 files. > > > > You could try apt-cache show ente-auth* > > That's a shame - maybe try to uninstall using your command below or > > apt remove ente-auth-v4.2.8 ; apt purge ente-auth-v4.2.8 > > > My latest thought is to uninstall the v4.2.8 data by running as root :- > > > > dpkg --purge ente-auth-v4.2.8-x86_64.deb > > > > and then reinstall the v4.2.8 deb file by again running as root :- > > > > dpkg -i ente-auth-v4.2.8-x86_64.deb > > > > to recreate the executable enteauth for v4.2.8 > > > > You could try downloading the up to date 4.3.2 package by using the link > above. > > > So I am seeking help as to whether performing the above purge and reinstall > > will do what I want to achieve. > > It may: it may not. I suspect that the person(s) behind ente-auth may be > more used to Fedora/Red Hat - a Debian package would be labelled as amd64.deb > > Good luck with it all, Luck will not solve XYproblems. What I see as solutions for this for this mailinglist, d-user@ldo: * Original Poster experiments with TOTP software that **is in** Debian. * `ente-auth` **gets in** Debian. * Explain that "the original problem" is realy a corner case for this ML * Pointer to https://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html (despite broken HTTPS certificate) * Switch to next post > Andy Cater > (amaca...@debian.org) Groeten Geert Stappers -- Silence is hard to parse
