On 2024-02-09 15:31, Fokke Nauta wrote:
> On 09/02/2024 13:40, Andy Burns wrote:
>> Fokke Nauta wrote:
>>
>>> Herbert Kleebauer wrote:
>>>
>>>> https://github.com/wolpi/prim-ftpd
>>>
>>> how do I dowwnload the f-droid server from Githup?
>>
>> <https://github.com/wolpi/prim-ftpd/releases/download/prim-ftpd-7.0/primitiveFTPd-7.0.apk>
>>
>
> When I try to install it on the phone, I get this message (in Dutch,
> translated into English):
>
> To install.
> Function not supported.
> This feature has been removed from the Play Store version of Total
> Commander at Google's request.
> Install a third party installer app from us or a third party.

You can install first the f-droid app to install f-droid packages.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-Droid

F-Droid is an app store and software repository for Android, serving a
similar function to the Google Play store. The main repository, hosted
by the project, contains only free and open source apps. Applications
can be browsed, downloaded and installed from the F-Droid website or
client app without the need to register for an account. "Anti-features"
such as advertising, user tracking, or dependence on non-free software
are flagged in app descriptions.[5]

The website also offers the source code of applications it hosts, as
well as the software running the F-Droid server, allowing anyone to set
up their own app repository.[6][7][8]

*Client application*

F-Droid is not available on the Google Play Store. To install the
F-Droid client, the user has to allow installation from "Unknown
sources" in Android settings[45] and retrieve the F-Droid Android
application package (.apk file) from the official site.

The client was designed to be resilient against surveillance,
censorship, and unreliable Internet connections. To promote anonymity,
it supports HTTP proxies and repositories hosted on Tor onion services.
Client devices can function as impromptu "app stores", distributing
downloaded apps to other devices over local Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and
Android Beam.[46][47] The F-Droid client app automatically offers
updates for installed F-Droid apps; when the F-Droid Privileged
Extension is installed, updates can also be installed by the app itself
in the background.[48] However, automatic updates are not turned on by
default.[49] The extension requires the device to have root access, or
to be able to flash a zip file.[50]

→ Website https://f-droid.org/

There is a dot-code there to initiate the installation of the f-droid app.

Getting Started

Get F-Droid How to get started using F-Droid.

→ https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Get_F-Droid/

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Cheers, Carlos.

Carlos E.R. wrote on Sat, 10 Feb 2024 19:15:51 +0100 :

>> This feature has been removed from the Play Store version of Total
>> Commander at Google's request.
>> Install a third party installer app from us or a third party.
>
> You can install first the f-droid app to install f-droid packages.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-Droid

I've said #1 many times, so it's bothersome to have to repeat it.
But it's important for people to realize the status of that app.

#1.
The F-Droid app is deprecated. Not the site. But the Android app.
I've spoken to the F-Droid developers themselves and it's well
documented on XDA so the main takeaway is do not use the F-Droid app.

Use the F-Droid Basic app instead.
<https://f-droid.org/packages/org.fdroid.basic/>

Note: It's kind of like Truecrypt versus Veracrypt, where there's
nothing known to be wrong but that the developers have abandoned it.

#2.
It's quite common for the Google Play Store version of a great app
to be restricted in ways that the F-Droid repository app is not.

Examples abound such as OSMAnd+, NetGuard, SimpleMobileTools pro, etc.
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.faircode.netguard>
<https://github.com/M66B/NetGuard/releases>

<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.osmand.plus>
<https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.osmand.plus/>

<https://play.google.com/store/search?q=simple%20mobile%20tools%20pro&c=apps>
<https://search.f-droid.org/?q=simplemobiletools>

#3.
My suggestion is to never use either app because it's trivial to
just download the desired F-Droid-hosted APK from your PC which
automatically puts it onto your Android phone (in so many ways
it's not funny so I won't delve into any of them in this post).

Suffice to say that the installation itself on Android automatically
saves every installer APK onto your Windows PC app archive.

#4.
My suggestion is to never use the Google Play Store client to
obtain apps from the Google Play Store, but to use a FOSS client.
You get the exact same app (literally, because it is the same app).
But with a much better GUI. These Google Play Store clients abound.

The Google Play Store client that I use is this one.
<https://gitlab.com/AuroraOSS/AuroraStore/-/releases>

#5.
My suggestion is to COMBINE two GUIs (whether or not you use my
previous suggestion), to add the Google Play Store search GUI
which is so fantastic that I'd put it in the top five best apps.
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=scadica.aq>

With that Google Play Store repository search GUI (based on
Github open source code) you can search for ANYTHING (and I
mean anything). None of which the Google Play Store clients do.