Bug 476381

That button is currently intentional, and gives you the ability to uninstall the app if, upon reading its release notes or details, you realize you'd rather not have it.

This page wouldn't have an Install button because it's already installed. But it could have an "Update now" button.

May I ask why you requested this?

What do you stand to gain from adding an 'update now' button to an apps information page when Discover already has a page dedicated to updates that lists all available updates, from all sources?

Ideally, you should be installing all updates, which can be done from the updates page that exists right now. Is the idea that you will navigate to each apps info page in Discover and update only specific apps? If that's the case, you can simply tick/untick the apps you wish to see updated in Discovers updates page and click 'update selected'.

discord is not in repositories thats why

(In reply to penteljapan from comment #3)
> discord is not in repositories thats why

I can see that you reported your operating system as Ubuntu when opening this ticket, and I have confirmed just now that Discord does not appear to be present in the Ubuntu repositories >>> https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=all&searchon=names&keywords=discord

But I'm afraid your response raises more questions than it answers. In the screenshot you attached, Discover is referencing a .deb file called "discord-0". How exactly have you installed Discord if it is not in the Ubuntu repositories? Plus, the original issue was;

'Add "Update Now" button to app details page when app has updates available'

Where exactly is Discover supposed to fetch Discord updates from if it is not in the repositories?

The exact app is immaterial. The point is, when you access the app page from the updates page, you have the ability to uninstall the app, but not update it. That's a bit odd.

(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #5)
> The exact app is immaterial. The point is, when you access the app page from
> the updates page, you have the ability to uninstall the app, but not update
> it. That's a bit odd.

The screenshot the user attached to this ticket shows a .deb file saved to their downloads folder called 'discord-0'.

Steps 3 & 4 from the original ticket;
3. Try to "open" it with dedicated 'program' which is discover.
4. Discover will have button Uninstall/remove (not sure how it is in english ) instead of install/add

So the user wants to open a .deb file in Discover and see an "install now" button? Is this even supported? Installing a .deb file via Discover from a random website? Discord is available on flathub, surely that is preferable. I think what has added to the confusion here is the title of this ticket;

"Add "Update Now" button to app details page when app has updates available".

I was under the impression from the title that the user wanted to navigate to an apps info page that has been installed from a repository, whether it is a flatpak repo, a snap repo or Ubuntu's own repos and see an "update now" button if there were updates available for that particular app. The user will not be accessing this app from the updates page because there will be no updates available for it, since it will not be installed from a configured repository.

i dont use flatpak, snap and another "inventions" discord proposes download so i download it and i should use "default" package manager which is Discover for KDE, and it should see application is already installed and i should have choice to update it.

(In reply to penteljapan from comment #7)
> i dont use flatpak, snap and another "inventions" discord proposes download
> so i download it and i should use "default" package manager which is
> Discover for KDE, and it should see application is already installed and i
> should have choice to update it.

Hello.

So just to confirm, you have downloaded Discords .deb file from here;

https://discord.com/api/download?platform=linux&format=deb

And you have managed to install it and run the application? Is this correct? Because the wording that you have used;

"it should see application is already installed and i should have choice to update it."

leads me to believe that you want to be able to receive updates for this application when a new version of Discord is released. This is not possible, because Discover will not know where to look for updates as Discord has not been installed from the Ubuntu repositories, or a flatpak repository, or a snap repository. Please understand this is not a bug in KDE software and it cannot be requested as a wish list item because there is no way for Discover to know where on the internet to look for a new version of Discord. You would have to manually check for, download and install new versions of Discord.

Thanks.

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(In reply to john.liptrot from comment #8)
> (In reply to penteljapan from comment #7)
> > i dont use flatpak, snap and another "inventions" discord proposes download
> > so i download it and i should use "default" package manager which is
> > Discover for KDE, and it should see application is already installed and i
> > should have choice to update it.
> 
> Hello.
> 
> So just to confirm, you have downloaded Discords .deb file from here;
> 
> https://discord.com/api/download?platform=linux&format=deb
> 
> And you have managed to install it and run the application? Is this correct?
> Because the wording that you have used;
> 
> "it should see application is already installed and i should have choice to
> update it."
> 
> leads me to believe that you want to be able to receive updates for this
> application when a new version of Discord is released. This is not possible,
> because Discover will not know where to look for updates as Discord has not
> been installed from the Ubuntu repositories, or a flatpak repository, or a
> snap repository. Please understand this is not a bug in KDE software and it
> cannot be requested as a wish list item because there is no way for Discover
> to know where on the internet to look for a new version of Discord. You
> would have to manually check for, download and install new versions of
> Discord.
> 
> Thanks.

but it should see application is installed (older version) and it should have button "Update now" or Uninstall as it does right now?

🐛🧹 ⚠️ This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information, then set the bug status to REPORTED. If there is no change for at least 30 days, it will be automatically closed as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.

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🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.