Bug 464117 - Discovery search missing some packages
Summary: Discovery search missing some packages
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 333438
Alias: None
Product: Discover
Classification: Applications
Component: discover (show other bugs)
Version: 5.26.5
Platform: Arch Linux Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Plasma Bugs List
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Reported: 2023-01-10 20:57 UTC by azurit3
Modified: 2023-01-11 19:09 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description azurit3 2023-01-10 20:57:41 UTC 
There are some packages that Discover search will not find. Can only be installed by command line.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. search, for example, arch package "perl-http-date"

OBSERVED RESULT
The package not found.

EXPECTED RESULT
The package exists and can be installed by command line, so it should be shown.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
KDE Plasma Version: 5.26.5
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.101.0
Qt Version: 5.15.8
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-01-11 19:08:05 UTC 
Discover isn't a graphical package manager; it find apps, not packages. So this is the intended design I'm afraid. If you want to install non-UI library packages, Discover isn't designed to support that use case, and you should use package manager software--either CLI or GUI.
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2023-01-11 19:09:06 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 333438 ***