dpkg: error processing archive connectd_2.5.37_amd64.deb (--install)

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Steps to reproduce:

1. curl -LkO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/remoteit/installer/master/scripts/auto-install.sh
2. chmod +x ./auto-install.sh
3. sudo ./auto-install.sh

Output:

curl found
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remote.it platform and binary tester version 2.5.37
Current directory /home/ubuntu
Sun Jul 12 20:39:33 UTC 2020
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Linux ip-172-31-48-5 5.4.0-1018-aws #18-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 24 01:15:00 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Detected architecture is x86_64
/usr/bin/dpkg
Debian OS detected.
amd64 architecture detected.

Downloading and testing connectd.x86_64-ubuntu16.04...
connectd.x86_64-ubuntu16.04 is compatible!
filename connectd_2.5.37_amd64.deb
filepath https://github.com/remoteit/installer/releases/download/v2.5.37/connectd_2.5.37_amd64.deb
dpkg-deb: error: 'connectd_2.5.37_amd64.deb' is not a Debian format archive
dpkg: error processing archive connectd_2.5.37_amd64.deb (--install):
 dpkg-deb --control subprocess returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 connectd_2.5.37_amd64.deb
dpkg error!

Listing directory contents:

root@ip-172-31-48-5:/home/ubuntu# ls -ltr
total 184
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root  12602 Jul 12 20:39 auto-install.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 162872 Jul 12 20:39 connectd.x86_64-ubuntu16.04
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      9 Jul 12 20:39 connectd_2.5.37_amd64.deb

Determining the cause of the error: The size of the binary connectd_2.5.37_amd64.deb reveals there is a problem with it, and actually it only contains Not found. That is correct because the file connectd_2.5.37_amd64.deb is missing in connectd v.2.5.37 release.

Workaround:

1. Edit file auto-install.sh, find 2.5.37 and replace it with 2.5.36 for instance, you could do it like this in your terminal: sed -i 's/2.5.37/2.5.36/' auto-install.sh
2. Run again installer script: sudo ./auto-install.sh
3. Continue with: sudo connectd_installer