Ubuntu's App Center now lets you manage Deb packages
(https://i0.wp.com/www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/app-center.jpg?resize=406%2C232&ssl=1) Ubuntu's App Center software tool makes it easier to manage and update Deb software in its latest update – and nets a few extra options for snaps, too. The changes are part of Canonical's goal of making App Center, first introduced in Ubuntu 23.10, the epicentre (I'm sorry) for software management on Ubuntu, both Snap and Debian-based packages. A recent update to App Center (in Ubuntu 26.04; may come to earlier versions too) adds support for showing and managing Debian packages installed on your system from the Ubuntu repos, using PackageKit and Appstream on the backend. Previously only snaps were [...]
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Categories: News, App Center, package managers, snap store, Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-app-center-deb-management Mar 26, 2026, 05:17 PM