Flatpak installation

[Matthew Leeds]

My mistake, it was stretch not jessie in the version of ChromeOS used here
<https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/3075>, so that might be the one
you're on William.

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Matthew Leeds


On Wed, Dec 4, 2019 at 3:58 AM Simon McVittie <smcv at collabora.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 03 Dec 2019 at 15:29:41 -0800, Matthew Leeds wrote:
> > You can try installing flatpak from the relevant backports repository;
> the
> > instructions for that are [1]here. Note that that page assumes you're on
> buster
> > but you're probably on jessie; check using `cat /etc/os-release`.
>
> Debian 8 'jessie' (released in 2015) is no longer supported by Debian
> core teams, and its backports repository was deactivated in June 2018. It
> continues to receive security updates from the Debian LTS subproject,
> but the LTS team does not have the resources to cover backports of newer
> packages like Flatpak. Please upgrade to Debian 10 'buster' or Debian 9
> 'stretch' if possible.
>
> Debian 10 'buster' (released in 2019) has flatpak 1.2.x in the main
> OS. Backports (of version 1.4.x or later) are not yet provided, but
> might become available via buster-backports at a later date if they
> become necessary. This is the current stable version of Debian and is
> recommended. It is expected to remain fully supported until approximately
> 2022.
>
> Debian 9 'stretch' (released in 2017) has flatpak 0.8.x in the main OS,
> with backports of 1.2.x available via stretch-backports until its full
> support lifetime ends in mid 2020.
>
>     smcv
>
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