Created attachment 235400 [details] Screenshot of the error window of Discover When I launch "Discover" app either in xfce or kde, it generates the following error: "Discover currently cannot be used to install any apps because none of its app backends are available. Please report this issue to the packagers of your distribution."
Ports PR, although I'm not sure where the Discover binary comes from. More help triaging requested.
Moin moin Yes, unfortunately no-one got around to writing a FreeBSD-backend for discover yet :) Patches are welcome (here, and upstream). mfg Tobias
(In reply to Mark Linimon from comment #1) % pkg provides /usr/local/bin/plasma-discover Name : plasma5-discover-5.24.6 Comment : Plasma5 package management tools Repo : FreeBSD Filename: usr/local/bin/plasma-discover-update usr/local/bin/plasma-discover % pkg search -o plasma5-discover-5.24.6 sysutils/plasma5-discover Plasma5 package management tools %
*** Bug 267565 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
13.1-RELEASE Discover used to work I think. The only major problem I had was that Firefox-esr stopped working. Required major reinstall of broken/missing parts. Now getting same error as OP. Unclear what backends are available or required. Info on Archlinux forums suggests flatpak or packagekit-qt5. Freshports mentions flatpak is in Discover. Can't find where packagekit-qt5 comes from. Discover Addons works fine. Can live without Discover Applications for now.
I'm working on this.
*** Bug 273668 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 274242 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
A commit in branch main references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=c3ef2c90a83e9f392ca9d8724619920d56a076c9 commit c3ef2c90a83e9f392ca9d8724619920d56a076c9 Author: Gleb Popov <arrowd@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2024-04-02 15:20:37 +0000 Commit: Gleb Popov <arrowd@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2024-04-03 06:14:08 +0000 ports-mgmt/packagekit: Update to 1.2.8 Sponsored by: Serenity Cybersecurity, LLC PR: 265352 ports-mgmt/packagekit/Makefile | 12 ++++++------ ports-mgmt/packagekit/distinfo | 6 +++--- ports-mgmt/packagekit/pkg-plist | 4 +++- 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
A commit in branch main references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/ports/commit/?id=542e878a66ed0f6dd84cbba87b068e7b5a4fdcd2 commit 542e878a66ed0f6dd84cbba87b068e7b5a4fdcd2 Author: Gleb Popov <arrowd@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2024-04-03 06:12:53 +0000 Commit: Gleb Popov <arrowd@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2024-04-03 06:14:08 +0000 sysutils/plasma5-discover: Enable PackageKit backend PR: 265352 Sponsored by: Serenity Cybersecurity, LLC sysutils/plasma5-discover/Makefile | 6 +++--- sysutils/plasma5-discover/pkg-plist | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
PackageKit now has a native FreeBSD pkg backend and Discover is enabled to use that backend. The backend might still have bugs, though, so get back to me if you bump into any problems.