News [OMG! Ubuntu] Ubuntu’s App Center now lets you manage Deb packages

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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 aim to make App Center the epicentre (I’m sorry) for software management on Ubuntu, both Snap and Debian-based packages (might it one day support Flatpak too? Nothing to stop someone contributing the code to find out…). A recent update to App Center in Ubuntu 26.04 adds support for seeing and managing Debian packages installed from the Ubuntu repos, using using PackageKit and Appstream on the backend. […]

Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-app-center-deb-management

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