Brave Browser and other apps that "can't" be installed on Silverblue

uff. and i had to execute rpm-ostree reset , to finally solve my other problem (non-functional software-center/packagekit error message). and now, brave has disappeared from the tree & and my problem isn’t solved either. therefore, it is just good to read that it is possible via /etc/yum.repos.d . (almost) the same way, as with the iridium - browser a few months ago.

however, the goal is near… .

edit: well, it’s there (the software - center too). after a complete new installation of fsb30 beta. & brave: i simply added the (stable release) rpm via rpm-ostree install after rpm-ostree cleanup -m (the brave dev is too experimental & i have no time for /etc/yum.repos.d/ experiments).

brave stable

thx 4 your reference/work @kcalvelli & again thx 4 the work of every fsb & co. (+ gnome) worker (ladies and lads). something good has been created out of a slightly inclined position (as far as “google chrome” itself is concerned) :wink: .

The GPG key problem turned out to be an issue with libdnf. See the comments on this issue - can't install rpms from repo with gpgkey=http(s) · Issue #1094 · coreos/rpm-ostree · GitHub

@jlebon submitted a fix upstream - Also add subkeys when adding GPG keys by jlebon · Pull Request #711 · rpm-software-management/libdnf · GitHub

Just need to wait for a new build of rpm-ostree to include that fix from libdnf.

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Good news everyone! It seems the first web browser is available as Flatpak: Eolie is now available on Flathub

Eolie has been there for quite a while now…

Sorry, did not know that. I monitor the “new & updated apps” and it popped up. Apparently as an update, not because it was new. All in all Flathub has jumped to 547 applications, which means its growing nicely. Brave and others will hopefully follow soon. Can’t wait until it hits 1000!

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I’ve read through this thread, but I’m a bit confused. Is there a recommended way to install Brave on Fedora Silverblue, with it being able to get updated? Thanks.

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No, not at this time.

Try these instructions:
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/7710#issuecomment-730015999