When looking at an app in gnome-software, the drop-down menu under the install-button is set to flatpak, even though a native package is available. I find this strange. Is this a bug or is it by design?

In case it’s a bug: Does anyone know how to fix it? google wouldn’t tell me :c (I am running debian 12 with GNOME 43.6 and gnome-software 43.5)

EDIT: thanks to @wildbus8979 for providing a fix:

Actually I did some more digging because I also find it annoying, you can change this behaviour, using dconf modify the /org/gnome/software/packaging-format-preference key to read [‘deb’,‘flatpak’]

  • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    7 months ago

    It’s by design, afaik there’s no way to configure it. If you truly don’t want it at all, you might be able to remove the gnome-software-plugin-flatpak package.

    • wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works
      351·
      7 months ago

      Actually I did some more digging because I also find it annoying, you can change this behaviour, using dconf modify the /org/gnome/software/packaging-format-preference key to read ['deb','flatpak']

      Let me know how it goes :)