wimpysworld/deb-get

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Add onlyoffice-desktopeditors

Onlyoffice-desktopeditors is a popular open source office package, comparable in functionality to LibreOffice.
They have a deb available on their website. https://www.onlyoffice.com/en/download-desktop.aspx

Add Deadbeef

Deadbeef is open source music app
They have a deb available from their website.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/deadbeef/files/travis/linux/1.8.8/deadbeef-static_1.8.8-1_amd64.deb/download

Add unofficial Android Messages Desktop

Android Messages is a popular Android messaging app for Linux .
They have a deb available from their website.
https://github.com/OrangeDrangon/android-messages-desktop/releases/download/v5.3.4/Android.Messages-v5.3.4-linux-amd64.deb

Add Threema

Threema is a open source messaging application
They have a deb available from their website.
https://releases.threema.ch/web-electron/v1/release/Threema-Latest.deb

Add ivpn

ivpn is a open source VPN application
They have a deb available from their website.
https://repo.ivpn.net/stable/pool/ivpn_3.8.7_amd64.deb

Add Peazip-GTK

Peazip is a open source compression app
They have a deb available from their website.
https://github.com/peazip/PeaZip/releases/download/8.6.0/peazip_8.6.0.LINUX.GTK2-1_amd64.deb

typo: KeyPassXC should be KeePassXC

please add Ubuntu Make

Ubuntu Make (https://github.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-make) is available as deb from PPA - https://launchpad.net/~lyzardking/+archive/ubuntu/ubuntu-make .

Add Steam

This is popular gaming application and I know we can install it via apt for now. But, it is just a precaution if Steam will be replaced by snap version in the future.
They have a deb available from their website.
https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/client/installer/steam.deb

Add drawio

drawio is a open source diagram making application
They have a deb available from their website.
https://github.com/jgraph/drawio-desktop/releases/download/v18.0.0/drawio-amd64-18.0.0.deb

Add Skype-preview

Skype-Insider is a popular messaging app by Microsoft
They have a deb available from their website.
https://repo.skype.com/latest/skypeforlinux-64-insider.deb

Please add Cisco WebEx client

uri="https://binaries.webex.com/WebexDesktop-Ubuntu-Official-Package/Webex.deb" alt="Linux deb"

please add ubuntuzilla repository

See https://sourceforge.net/p/ubuntuzilla/wiki/Main_Page/ .

Repository adding is possible with:

echo "deb http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt all main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntuzilla.list > /dev/null
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 2667CA5C
sudo apt-get update

This will allow one to install firefox-mozilla-build , firefox-esr-mozilla-build, thunderbird-mozilla-build , seamonkey-mozilla-build packages.

Add AltServer-GUI

AltServer is a popular sideloading app for iOS.
They have a deb available from their website.
https://github.com/powenn/AltServer-LinuxGUI/releases/download/0.1.8/AltServer.deb

Add 1password

1password is a popular password manager.
They have a deb available from their website.
https://1password.com/downloads/linux/

Add Peazip-QT

Peazip is a open source compression app
They have a deb available from their website.
https://github.com/peazip/PeaZip/releases/download/8.6.0/peazip_8.6.0.LINUX.Qt5-1_amd64.deb

Add Cronopete

Cronopete is open source backup utility for Linux
They have a deb available from their website.
https://www.rastersoft.com/programas/cronopete.html

Add Whatsdesk

Whatsdesk is open source unofficial Whatsapp client
They have a deb available from their website.
https://zerkc.gitlab.io/whatsdesk/whatsdesk_0.3.8_amd64.deb

Add System Monitoring Center

System Monitoring Center is a open source GTK3 and Python 3 based, system performance and usage monitoring tool.
They have a deb available from their website.
https://github.com/hakandundar34coding/system-monitoring-center/releases/download/v1.13.0-deb_for_stores/system-monitoring-center_1.13.0_all.deb

Add MediathekView

MediathekView is an alternative front end for the four different video portals of public television broadcasters in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. (Think: German language BBC iPlayer)

They have a .deb on their website: https://download.mediathekview.de/stabil/MediathekView-latest-linux.deb

(And no, four portals for three countries was not a spelling error.)

add supported apps

I wish to add bluejeans/strawberry/clementine. How to add new package request?

"deb-get search" requires sudo to root

This is probably an oversight but I don't think there's any fundamental reason why "deb-get search" should require root.

Add pacstall

pacstall is package manager to gain AUR access
They have a deb available from their website.
https://github.com/pacstall/pacstall/releases/download/1.7.3/pacstall-1.7.3.deb

Add Bluejeans

Bluejeans is videoconferencing application
They have a deb available from their website.
https://swdl.bluejeans.com/desktop-app/linux/2.27.0/BlueJeans_2.27.0.130.deb

"(23) Failed writing body" when doing update

I just installed deb-get via curl then ran sudo deb-get update
Here's the full output:

Hit:1 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish InRelease
Get:2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-updates InRelease [115 kB]
Hit:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/flexiondotorg/quickemu/ubuntu impish InRelease
Hit:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu impish InRelease
Hit:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/obsproject/obs-studio/ubuntu impish InRelease
Hit:6 https://repos.influxdata.com/ubuntu impish InRelease
Get:7 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-backports InRelease [101 kB]
Hit:8 http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease
Hit:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/yktooo/ppa/ubuntu impish InRelease
Hit:10 http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable InRelease
Hit:11 https://downloads.1password.com/linux/debian/amd64 stable InRelease
Hit:12 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:13 https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge stable InRelease
Hit:14 https://apt.syncthing.net syncthing InRelease
Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-security InRelease [110 kB]
Get:16 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-updates/main amd64 Packages [380 kB]
Hit:17 https://download.sublimetext.com apt/stable/ InRelease
Get:18 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-updates/main i386 Packages [176 kB]
Get:19 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [25.7 kB]
Get:20 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-updates/universe amd64 Packages [193 kB]
Get:21 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-updates/universe i386 Packages [121 kB]
Get:22 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [35.5 kB]
Get:23 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [940 B]
Hit:24 https://www.charlesproxy.com/packages/apt charles-proxy InRelease
Get:25 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [16.4 kB]
Get:27 https://pkgs.tailscale.com/stable/ubuntu impish InRelease
Get:28 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [20.3 kB]
Get:29 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu impish-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [3,628 B]
Hit:26 https://packagecloud.io/slacktechnologies/slack/debian jessie InRelease
Fetched 1,304 kB in 2s (727 kB/s)
Reading package lists...
  [+] Updating /var/cache/deb-get/antimicrox.json
  [+] Updating /var/cache/deb-get/balena-etcher-electron.json
  [+] Updating /var/cache/deb-get/bitwarden.json
  [+] Updating /var/cache/deb-get/codium.json
  [+] Updating /var/cache/deb-get/deb-get.json
  [+] Updating /var/cache/deb-get/figma-linux.json
  [+] Updating /var/cache/deb-get/franz.json
  [+] Updating /var/cache/deb-get/github-desktop.json
(23) Failed writing body
  [+] Updating /var/cache/deb-get/heroic.json
  [+] Updating /var/cache/deb-get/insomnia.json
  [+] Updating /var/cache/deb-get/irccloud-desktop.json
  [+] Updating /var/cache/deb-get/ludo.json
  [+] Updating /var/cache/deb-get/mailspring.json
  [+] Updating /var/cache/deb-get/micro.json
  [*] WARNING! micro (2.0.9-1) has an update pending for: 2.0.10
  [+] Updating /var/cache/deb-get/obsidian.json
  [*] WARNING! ocenaudio (3.10.11-1) has an update pending for: 3.11.10
  [+] Updating /var/cache/deb-get/onlyoffice-desktopeditors.json
  [+] Updating /var/cache/deb-get/powershell.json
  [+] Updating /var/cache/deb-get/rambox.json
  [+] Updating /var/cache/deb-get/rclone.json
  [+] Updating /var/cache/deb-get/rpi-imager.json
  [+] Updating /var/cache/deb-get/simplenote.json
  [*] WARNING! spotify-client (1:1.1.72.439.gc253025e) has an update pending for: 1:1.1.80.699.gc3dac750
  [*] WARNING! zoom (5.9.3.1911) has an update pending for: 5.10.3.2778

Add Rare

Rare is a open source Epic Games client
They have a deb available from their website.
https://github.com/Dummerle/Rare/releases/download/1.8.9/Rare-1.8.9.deb

please add RStudio Desktop

RStudio Desktop (https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/#download) deb-package is available from https://rstudio.org/download/latest/stable/desktop/bionic/rstudio-latest-amd64.deb for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS and 21.10.
Current build is not compatible with 22.04 LTS because of bug rstudio/rstudio#10902 .

PPA install is broken

Attempting to use "sudo deb-get install firefox-esr", the PPA's repo is added but the package is never installed.

I think the logic in install_ppa() is broken:

if ! dpkg -l "${APP}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     eula
     apt-get -q -y install "${APP}"

Here "dpkg -l" will return non-zero if a package is missing, but the if statement is checking for zero.

Even if this worked there's still the issue of "dpkg -l" returning zero for packages with only config-files installed. So if you had firefox-esr installed previously then uninstalled it with "apt remove", "deb-get install" won't reinstall it.

Rather than "dpkg -l" I suspect it would be more reliable to parse the output of "dpkg-query -s firefox-esr" and not rely on the return code at all.

Add PulseSMS

PulseSMS is a popular Android messaging app for Linux .
They have a deb available from their website.
https://github.com/maplemedia/pulse-sms-desktop/releases/download/v4.5.2/pulse-sms-4.5.2-amd64.deb

[Feature request] port to other languages

Hi Martin,
I was searching for a method to add useful packages that are not available in Ubuntu/Debian repository like Tixati or MS Edge. Most of the time, to try out new apps/versions, I have to either manually download the deb package or add the apt repo manually. It is also a hassle to upgrade to new versions for apps like Tixati. So deb-get of yours would definitely provide an AUR-like experience to avid Ubuntu or Debian users like me.
Is there any plan to rewrite it in C or Python to make it more feature rich?
BTW, I am also requesting to add Tixati - A torrent client to deb-get.

Add XnConvert

XnConvert is good image converter
They have a deb available from their website.
https://download.xnview.com/XnConvert-linux-x64.deb

Add Mullvad

Mullvad is a open source VPN application
They have a deb available from their website.
https://github.com/mullvad/mullvadvpn-app/releases/download/2022.1/MullvadVPN-2022.1_amd64.deb

Not ask for sudo?

One of my main gripes about apt is the mandatory 'sudo'.

Is it possible to make deb-get work without sudo? I mean, so that deb-get asks for sudo password but you don't have to explicitly type sudo everytime you wanna use it.

Add ShutterEncoder

ShutterEncoder is open source video editor
They have a deb available from their website.
https://www.shutterencoder.com/Shutter%20Encoder%2015.9%20Linux%2064bits.deb

Add Sejda

Sejda is cheap PDF Editor
They have a deb available from their website.
https://sejda-cdn.com/downloads/sejda-desktop_7.4.1_amd64.deb

please support Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Running on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS gives a unexpected (for me) error

$ curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wimpysworld/deb-get/main/deb-get | sudo -E bash -s install deb-get
[!] ERROR! Ubuntu Bionic is not supported because it is not derived from a supported Ubuntu release.

I do not see any particular reason to abandon current supported Ubuntu 18.04 LTS release. Please support it in deb-get.

Add Caprine

Caprine is a open source unofficial Facebook messaging app
They have a deb available from their website.
https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine/releases/download/v2.55.4/caprine_2.55.4_amd64.deb

please add Pandoc

Pandoc is a universal document converter - see https://pandoc.org/ .
Its deb-file is always available from https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases .

For amd64 the download URL for latest version may be built as follows:

LATEST_PANDOC_DEB_PATH=$(wget https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/latest -O - | grep \.deb | grep href | sed 's/.*href="//g' | sed 's/\.deb.*/\.deb/g' | grep amd64)
LATEST_PANDOC_DEB_URL="https://github.com${LATEST_PANDOC_DEB_PATH}";
echo $LATEST_PANDOC_DEB_URL

to get

https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/2.18/pandoc-2.18-1-amd64.deb

Add Whatsapp-for-Linux

This is unofficial Whatsapp client
They have a deb available from their website.
https://github.com/eneshecan/whatsapp-for-linux/releases/download/v1.4.3/whatsapp-for-linux_1.4.3_amd64.deb

Assumes curl is installed

I tested this on my X220 which is running 22.04. Originally installed from 14.04.3 and upgraded through releases, and doesn't have curl. I get that if I'd used the curl instructions to install deb-get, I'd have discovered this, but I just cloned the repo and ran it from there.

Maybe update the installation instructions to indicate curl is a dependency.

Add Microsoft-Edge-Beta

Microsoft Edge have their own beta version
They have a deb available from their website.
https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge/pool/main/m/microsoft-edge-beta/microsoft-edge-beta_101.0.1210.31-1_amd64.deb

Add viber

Viber is a messaging application
They have a deb available from their website.
https://download.cdn.viber.com/cdn/desktop/Linux/viber.deb

Jellyfin fails due to broken dependencies on impish

hard-coding focal causes dependency failure. #21 allows jellyfin to install and work on non-focal systems.

Archive uses unknown compression method

When downloading and attempting to install the latest deb, I get this error.

dpkg-deb: error: archive 'deb-get_0.2.2_all.deb' uses unknown compression for member 'control.tar.zst', giving up

It turns out zstd compression in dpkg is not supported in debian bullseye stable, which is what I'm trying to run this on. Is there any way it can be packaged on a slightly older version of ubuntu so that it works on a wider range of systems?

Add powershell

Powershell, by Microsoft is a popular scripting and automation engine.
There are debs available upstream on their github releases page https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases and via a repository documented at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/install/install-ubuntu?view=powershell-7.2

Add RingCentral

RingCentral is a teleconference application
They have a deb available from their website.
https://downloads.ringcentral.com/RCM/RC/meetings/linux/RCMeetingsClientSetup.deb

please carefully sync apps list with applications.json from ubuntu-mate-welcome-legacy

We already have a big list of deb-packages in Ubuntu MATE Welcome Software Boutique.
I would recommend to carefully sync apps from https://github.com/ubuntu-mate/ubuntu-mate-welcome-legacy/blob/master/data/js/applications.json with deb-get applications database. You can even create a parser for this file.

My drafts are below:

#!/bin/sh

echo "URLs"

wget --quiet https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ubuntu-mate/ubuntu-mate-welcome-legacy/master/data/js/applications.json -O - | grep "deb\ .*" --only-matching | sed "s/\"//" | sed "s/\[arch=amd64\] //" | sed "s/\[arch=amd64,armhf\] //" | sed "s/\[arch=amd64,arm64,armhf\] //" | awk '{print $2}' | sort -u | sed "s/https:\/\///" | sed "s/http:\/\///" | awk -F / '{print $1}' | sort -u

echo "----"

echo "PPAs"
wget --quiet https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ubuntu-mate/ubuntu-mate-welcome-legacy/master/data/js/applications.json -O - | grep "ppa:" | sort -u | sed 's/,//g' | sed 's/\"//g' | awk '{print $2}' | sort -u

please add Mozilla's apps from mozillateam PPA

Firefox, Firefox ESR and Thunderbird are available from https://launchpad.net/~mozillateam/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

Add Dropbox

Dropbox is a popular file sync/share tool available as a deb.
https://www.dropbox.com/install-linux

Add Strawberry

Strawberry open source music player
They have a deb available from their website.
https://github.com/strawberrymusicplayer/strawberry/releases