didier gaumet <didier.gau...@gmail.com> writes: > Hello, > > (Bullseye here) > > 1) I have not been able to install an appstream version Choqok via > Gnome-Software (it complains about the item type being not managed) nor > Plasma-Discover (it complains about a missing appstream transport > protocol for apt) > > 2) I have been able to install an appstream version of choqok by using > the CLI command appstreamcli in a terminal: > verify that the appstream package is installed (if Gnome-Software is > installed, appstream is installed as a dependency) > > verify the status of appstream: > didier@hp-notebook14:~$ appstreamcli status > will inform you if the cache has been populated (if not, an > 'appstreamcli refresh' command would probably do the trick) > > search appstream info for choqok: > didier@hp-notebook14:~$ appstreamcli s choqok > Identificateur: org.kde.choqok.desktop [desktop-application] > Nom: Choqok > Résumé: Client de microblogage > Paquet: choqok > Page d’accueil: https://choqok.kde.org/ > Icône: choqok_choqok.png > > install Choqok (I do not know well appstream operations, the get > operation is probably not needed) > didier@hp-notebook14:~$ appstreamcli get org.kde.choqok.desktop > Identificateur: org.kde.choqok.desktop [desktop-application] > Nom: Choqok > Résumé: Client de microblogage > Paquet: choqok > Page d’accueil: https://choqok.kde.org/ > Icône: choqok_choqok.png > didier@hp-notebook14:~$ sudo appstreamcli install > org.kde.choqok.desktop > [...] > > done :-)
appstreamcli is installed and working. appstreamcli s choqok Unable to find component matching choqok! Perhaps I need to add other places to look? appstreamcli status AppStream Status: Version: 0.12.5 Distribution metadata: /usr/share/app-info - XML: 1 - No icons. /var/lib/app-info - YAML: 3 - Iconsets: debian-buster-main debian-buster-contrib debian-buster-non-free /var/cache/app-info - XML: 0 - No icons. Metainfo files: - Found 49 components. - Found 5 components in legacy paths. Summary: We have information on 2269 software components.