Created attachment 173783 [details] Screenshot SUMMARY Search is unable to find packages even by exact name that are in apt STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Add xtradeb repo - https://xtradeb.net/wiki/how-to-install-applications-from-this-web-site/ 2. make sure sources are upto date (apt-get update) 3. click apt link on xtradeb (eg: ungoogled-chromium or czkawka) 4. opens in discover 5. unable to find package 6. get confused as to how/why that is possible 7. run apt-cache policy ungoogled-chromium 8. well that sees it no problem... OBSERVED RESULT Discover is unable to find a perfect match that apt can find... EXPECTED RESULT If it is in apt it should sow up in discover when there is a perfect match Even if it is something that is normally hidden to try to simplify things for new users, if it is a exact match it should show up SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Operating System: Kubuntu 24.04 KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.11 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0 Qt Version: 5.15.13 Kernel Version: 6.8.0-44-generic (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 12 × AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor Memory: 31.3 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon RX 580 Series Manufacturer: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Product Name: MS-7B79 System Version: 2.0 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Does discover find it if you search for the common name "ungoogled chromium" rather than the exact package name? If not, then this is a packaging issue in the repo owner for not providing appstream metadata with the package. I'm using Fedora, which does provide appstream metadata for this package.
how can i check the 'appstream metadata'? 'ungoogled chromium', 'chromium', and 'ungoogled' do return the package
`appstreamcli search [search term]` in a terminal window will do the trick. If those other keywords find it, then it sounds like this is working as expected: search works on the basis of keywords, not package names.
Related bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad/+bug/1574948 i guess you would call this a side stream bug (go down stream then up in stream in a different direction)