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README.md

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* [Virtual Box & Symlinks](#virtual-box-symlinks)
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* [RPM Outputs to a Subdirectory](#rpm-outputs-to-a-subdirectory)
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* [Package Naming is not Consistent](#package-naming-is-not-consistent)
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* [RPM & Debian Packages Cannot be Removed using Gnome Software Center](#rpm-debian-packages-cannot-be-removed-using-gnome-software-center)
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* [Package Cannot be Removed using Gnome Software Center](#package-cannot-be-removed-using-gnome-software-center)
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* [ADDITIONAL INFORMATION](#additional-information)
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* [Brief Discussion on Past & Future](#brief-discussion-on-past-future)
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PupNet follows the naming conventions used with the respective packages. This includes, for example, different CPU
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architecture naming conventions. In some, it normal to include the version in the file, but not in others.
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### RPM & Debian Packages Cannot be Removed using Gnome Software Center <a name="rpm-debian-packages-cannot-be-removed-using-gnome-software-center"/>
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### Package Cannot be Removed using Gnome Software Center <a name="package-cannot-be-removed-using-gnome-software-center"/>
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If you install your RPM and DEB packages from a local file (rather than a repository) they will, courtesy of your
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AppStream metadata, show up in the Gnome Software Center, as expected. However, you may find that they cannot be
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launched or removed using the GUI.
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If you install your Flatpak, RPM or DEB package directly from a local file (rather than a repository) they will,
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courtesy of your AppStream metadata, show up in the Gnome Software Center, as expected. However, you may find that they
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cannot be launched or removed using the GUI.
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Instead, they must be removed from the command line, like so:
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sudo apt remove helloworld
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sudo flatpak uninstall zone.kuiper.helloworld
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or:
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sudo dnf remove helloworld
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or:
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sudo apt remove helloworld
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This is not an issue with PupNet or AppStream metadata. Rather, having been installed from file, the Gnome Software Center
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lacks certain other metadata it expects had the package originated from a repository.
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See [here for information](https://discourse.gnome.org/t/gnome-software-open-and-uninstall-button-not-working-for-app/14338/7).

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