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Re:No user accounts, by design by 6yyyyyy on Monday February 28, 2022 @05:04PM (#30505791)
>So it's manual clicking for each update.

You need to install the F-Droid Privileged Extension, or use a ROM that has it pre-installed. That way it can update apps without user interaction.

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Re:No user accounts, by design by blacksmith_tb on Monday February 28, 2022 @05:25PM (#30506007)
Ah, but it looks like that means you need to be rooted?
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Re:No user accounts, by design by undersuit on Monday February 28, 2022 @06:04PM (#30506424)
Yes the Android OS requires you to be rooted to add the feature if your image wasn't built with the privileged extension.
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Re:No user accounts, by design by nobodywasishere on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @12:50AM (#30510155)
You don't need to be rooted if you're using a custom rom like LineageOS, where you could potentially install the extension with temporary root like is done for UnifiedNLP here: blog.eowyn.net/unifiednlp/
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Re:No user accounts, by design by bentcorner on Monday February 28, 2022 @05:26PM (#30506017)
Link: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.fdroid.fdroid.privileged...
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