discord want’s to update but the package is already updated, so it gives me a link to the newest package BUT IS FOR UBUNTU!?!?!

  • hand
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    171 year ago

    Yeah, that shit is super annoying, it’s been happening for years. I’m surprised they haven’t turned it into a self contained updater or something by now. It’s part of the reason I don’t use it anymore.

  • Zuberi 👀
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    31 year ago

    Legit just complaining about not using flatpack to install this.

  • Rose56
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    31 year ago

    I in fedora, I click the drop down and I pick tar. Once I download the tar, I copy the files and done.

  • Possibly linux
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    1 year ago

    Don’t use discord then. When you use Discord you are making a small sacrifice on your computing freedom.

    It sucks but you can’t change and distribute the source code.

  • petrescatraian
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    @iseperiergos How did you install it? I usually select “I’ll figure it out” and reinstall it from my package manager. It usually gives me the latest version or a version that I can use to update to the latest version from.

  • @[email protected]
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    201 year ago

    I think flatpak version doesn’t have this issue and updates normally via flatpak commands.

    • @[email protected]
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      81 year ago

      I moved to flatpack Discord because it comes with automatic updates and no update annoyances. It is indeed lower maintenance, but note that because of privacy constraints Flatpack does not permit Discord to view running applications.

      • voxel
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        flatpak is kinda a everything or nothing thing, if you want to use it you should probably really commit to it for the best experience, otherwise some of it’s upsides turn into downsides.
        I’m not a huge fan of it, but i like it as an ecosystem

        • @[email protected]
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          Agree. The downloads are really chonk but you make it back if you have multiple apps that share the same runtimes.

          It’s possible to use flatpack for just one or two apps, but you pay a disk space and download size tax.

  • @[email protected]
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    31 year ago

    Download the gerneric linux version. Then un-compress it and copy the contents into your system discord directory. Maybe make a back-up copy first, just in case.

    • macniel
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      91 year ago

      And you have to do it everything a new minor update comes along… Great.