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I am having a strange issue with Plasma's Discover

Not all snap packages are shown in a search.

If there is only a snap package and a regular Ubuntu (.deb) package it will show both packages.

However if there is a Ubuntu package, a Snap package and a Flathub package of the same program it will only show the Ubuntu and the flathub versions.

I have the Ubuntu repos set as default, but if I change the default to Snap packages it will then show the Ubuntu package and the snap package but the flathub version will now be completely missing.

Am I missing some setting with Discover here, does flatpak automatically override Snaps with not remedy or have I run into a bug with snaps discover or flatpaks? (if it matters I am using 19.04 version of plasma, not the ppa, is this something that was fixed in the newer versions of plasma?)

I have added some screenshots below to help clarify my question

System Info: system info

This is with snaps as default, flathub version is missing: with snaps as default

This is with Ubuntu sources as default, notice the Snap package is now missing and only the flathub is showing as a second option: with ubuntu as default

This is a search for chromium with ubuntu repos as default. There is no version of the Chromium browser in flathub so it shows the snap version as well as the ubuntu version. There is no snap version of B.S.U. so it shows the flathub and ubuntu versions of B.S.U like expected: chromium search

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  • there seems to be a tag for the Ubuntu software center but not kde discover, are we supposed to use the Ubuntu software center tag as a catch all for the other software centers as well?
    – TrailRider
    Oct 6, 2019 at 16:45
  • @DKBoseI added a screenshot of my system info as well for simplicity. I noticed my oversight and was adding the text when the notification popped up Will adding the backports ppa fix this? i.e. is this a bug with earlier versions?
    – TrailRider
    Oct 6, 2019 at 16:56
  • "And Plasma 5.16.5 allows you to copy the KInfoCenter first page stuff to a clipboard for easy pasting elsewhere?" @DKBose umm yes it does but I was just in the screenshot mindset after posting the others so I didn't think about it, just posted the screenshot. one other comment then I will quit to avoid too much clutter here but how stable is the kde-backport? description says " backported from later Kubuntu releases (and our development release)" how much of a "testing" ppa is it?
    – TrailRider
    Oct 6, 2019 at 17:32
  • I've been using the one I linked to in 18.10 and in 19.04. Quite stable!
    – DK Bose
    Oct 7, 2019 at 0:37

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