So this is not a complaint, more of an informational question. I am comfortable in the terminal as I have been on Linux Mint for almost 2 years now. But the graphical PureOS Store has some problems. At least one of the problems I have had appears to be covered here which makes me more confident it’s not just me. And I’m more than happy to wait if these are know issues that will be patched down the line.
Here are my issues:
- I cannot update at all through the store app. It will check for updates and it will act like it’s trying to install them but will ultimately revert back to the state where it indicates updates are available.
Current solution:sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
This has worked flawlessly every single time (except for those few times I forgot I had my WiFi kill switch on…
) - I can install apps through the store app though it is painfully slow both to search and install, however, removing an app ends with the error that the package was not found. This may actually be related to the first issue since if I go into software sources on the app, it also indicates there that zero packages are installed even though there’s no way that’s true.
Current solution: Use apt through the terminal
While I am more than ok with the current solutions and I love having the power of a terminal at my fingertips on mobile, I feel that the target audience which I assume is people who care about privacy but still want a relatively easy to use mobile device will not all agree and will have these experiences and write the device off as “broken”. My main question here is basically, are these known issues that will be fixed eventually, or is this just me with a broken install of PureOS?
Cheers!