https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=432822
Nate Graham <n...@kde.org> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Status|NEEDSINFO |RESOLVED
Version|5.20.5 |unspecified
Product|Discover |neon
Component|discover |Packages User Edition
CC| |j...@jriddell.org,
| |neon-b...@kde.org,
| |sit...@kde.org
Resolution|WAITINGFORINFO |INTENTIONAL
Summary|Discover doesn't find apps |Discover can't find
|via partial string matches, |k4dirstat
|waiting endlessly |
Assignee|lei...@leinir.dk |neon-b...@kde.org
--- Comment #3 from Nate Graham <n...@kde.org> ---
(In reply to Michael from comment #2)
> Yes, k4dirstat is very much a user-facing GUI app; it's like Filelight yet
> pre-dates it. I prefer k4dirstat because the block-centric visual approach
> is more intuitive to me than the ring-based readout of Filelight.
>
> Here's an overview of k4dirstat: https://www.linuxlinks.com/k4dirstat/
>
> Anyhoo...
>
> $ appstreamcli search k4dirstat
> Unable to find component matching k4dirstat!
All right, that's the problem: it doesn't have any AppStream metadata! Discover
only shows apps with AppStream metadata.
Since you're using Neon, I happen to know what's going on: Neon removed the
AppStream metadata for all GUI apps that come from Ubuntu, because using that
software is unsupported in Neon. The intention is for users to get their GUI
software form Flatpak or Snap. So this is in fact the intended state of
affairs.
You're welcome to still install the app of course, but you'll need to use
command-line tools, and if the app breaks or blows up your system, don't
complain to the Neon devs about it. :)
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