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Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS - Cannot install .deb file
downloaded balena-etcher_2.1.4_amd64.deb (i am using AMD)
sudo apt install ./balena-etcher_2.1.4_amd64.deb
N: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/home/darren/Downloads/balena-etcher_2.1.4_amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)
? what does sudo do then?
download the portable linux version (the one located in etcher's website) since it can be executed directly with no install
downloaded balena-etcher_2.1.4_amd64.deb (i am using AMD)
sudo apt install ./balena-etcher_2.1.4_amd64.deb
N: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/home/darren/Downloads/balena-etcher_2.1.4_amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied)? what does sudo do then?
That's just a simple security warning about user _apt
If you want to ignore, please perform:
mv ~/Downloads/balena-etcher_2.1.4_amd64.deb /tmp/
sudo apt install /tmp/balena-etcher_2.1.4_amd64.deb
~# curl -1sLf 'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/balena/etcher/setup.deb.sh' | sudo -E bash Executing the setup script for the 'balena/etcher' repository ...
THE ABOVE SCRIPT FAILED WITH `NOPE: Checking if upstream install config is OK ... ^^^^: ... Failed to fetch configuration for your OS distribution release/version.
: : It looks like we don't currently support your distribution release and : version. This is something that we can fix by adding it to our list of : supported versions (see contact us below), or you can manually override : the values below to an equivalent distribution that we do support: : : ... distro=zorin version=17 codename=jammy arch=x86_64`
Edited comment
Install on ZorinOS-17.3 ubuntu 24.04.3 on x64, using balena-etcher_2.1.4_amd64.deb ,
~!/bin/bash cd /tmp/ wget https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases/download/v2.1.4/balena-etcher_2.1.4_amd64.deb sudo apt install /tmp/balena-etcher_2.1.4_amd64.deb cd ~/ balena-etcher [1005/113245.714403:FATAL:electron/shell/app/electron_main_delegate.cc:290] Running as root without --no-sandbox is not supported. See https://crbug.com/638180. Trace/breakpoint trap
FAILED
~# curl -1sLf 'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/balena/etcher/setup.deb.sh' | sudo -E bash
Etcher hasn't used CloudSmith for a long time, see e.g. https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues/4059
