Towards a Reproducible F-Droid

Re:Towards a Reproducible F-Droid by safety1st on Friday January 20, 2023 @11:22PM (#34463864)

On the last three devices I installed F-Droid on, it was unable to update itself or update apps period. When I hit the Update button it would throw up a generic error message and Googling that message yields hits for multiple F-Droid issues from the past several years.

They have a long way to go before their software is usable. It's a shame because I would happily promote F-Droid to other people, if it worked.

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Re:Towards a Reproducible F-Droid by autoexec on Friday January 20, 2023 @11:45PM (#34463982)

It probably isn't helpful, but updates do work for me on the ancient android phone I've got apps on (Markor, Simple Gallery Pro, NewPipe). Maybe they've fixed it?

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Re:Towards a Reproducible F-Droid by throwaway742 on Saturday January 21, 2023 @02:52AM (#34464723)

That's odd. I've never had an issue with F-Droid over many years and across many devices.

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Re:Towards a Reproducible F-Droid by 1MachineElf on Saturday January 21, 2023 @03:09PM (#34469875)

The issue you describe is may be caused by the Android ROM on the phone. I've seen it work without issue on Motorola and Pixel phones, but struggle on OnePlus.

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Re:Towards a Reproducible F-Droid by Caboose8685 on Sunday January 22, 2023 @08:57AM (#34477424)

I highly recommend Neo Store. It's a drop-in replacement for f-droid that leverages the newer Android API for seamless updates. Been using it for months happily.

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