| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0008508 | Kali Linux | Kali Package Bug | public | 2023-10-22 23:34 | 2023-10-30 03:25 |
| Reporter | PaulJackman2023 | Assigned To | steev | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | have not tried |
| Status | closed | Resolution | no change required | ||
| Summary | 0008508: Kbackup missing from appstream or appstream not working in discover. | ||||
| Description | I am trying to install Kbackup on my laptop so i can backup my laptop before doing major upgrades or changes to the machine and i am unable to install this because when i goto the website and click install on linux it opens discover and i get the below, I resolved it myself by just using sudo apt-get to pull it from the repository, but thought it best to report the appsteam issue. | ||||
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In Kali, we do not support the appstream installations, and expect users to use apt-get; part of the reason is that these applications will attempt to run updates to the packaging in the background and as kali is meant to be silent on a network, we do not like allowing it to run. This is expected behaviour because we do not support doing installations via discover. |
