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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

F-Droid gets its biggest update in a decade with new UI and smoother app installs

arstechnica.com

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F-Droid gets its biggest update in a decade with new UI and smoother app installs

arstechnica.com

return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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F-Droid's Android app store has been rebuilt from the ground up.
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    WTF, why is the download on the Fdroid front page still giving me 1.3.2?

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      Could be a gradual rollout.

      Edit: saw it’s actually still a beta (and probably this is why it doesn’t show), here’s a link for the APK: https://f-droid.org/repo/org.fdroid.fdroid_2000050.apk

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        From the website apk download link?

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          I don’t know, could be. I just tried downloading and I’m getting the 1.x version too.

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            Yeah me too.

            Edit: just like WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works said you’ll find it by searching f-droid on f-droid.org, scroll down to version 2.0 and download the apk.

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              Ah, right. It’s still tagged as beta, maybe that’s why it doesn’t appear in other places (like in the news article on their site).

              Thanks for the tip.

              Edit: direct link to said beta version.

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      Enable beta.

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        Ah, for me it was labeled “unstable updates.”

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      yea I can’t figure out how to update either.

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        open the app’s page and expand versions. the last one was just not marked recommended yet, in case there are serious bugs

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          Found it !

          https://f-droid.org/packages/org.fdroid.fdroid/

          I had to go through the Gitlab, browse to “client” (https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidclient ), and scroll down to the readme section to find the link.

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            I think you can get to it also by searching “f-droid” inside f-droid

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              oh wow I can install f-droid from f-droid ? nooice

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        I use droid-ify. It didn’t pop any updates for F-droid, but I updated it manually, since the 2.0 version is there.

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          I downloaded the apk directly from the website and it still installs 1.3.2 or whatnot, what am I doing wrong ?

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            try to browse it in the repo.

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              I got it ! thank you

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