Flatpak doesn't have a release for Ubuntu 24.04(Noble)

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So originally I tried installing with apt:

shimbo@shimboserver:~$ sudo apt install flatpak
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 flatpak : Depends: libmalcontent-0-0 (>= 0.6.0) but it is not installable
           Depends: libostree-1-1 (>= 2020.8) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Then I tried the PPA:

E: The repository 'https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/alexlarsson/flatpak/ubuntu noble Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.

BUT THEN- I realized Flatpak doesn’t even have a release for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS(Noble)!

Please add a release for or tell me what I’m doing wrong.

2

This is not an Ubuntu issue tracker. Ask in Bugs : flatpak package : Ubuntu

3

You may find these two references of some help here:-

4

Sorry but that did not work. I’m not sure what the problem is but I don’t think I should. As the It’s FOSS article says,

“As I had mentioned earlier, there is no straightforward fix for this problem. You’ll have to investigate on your own and see if it can be fixed or not.”

5

It could be a different problem which is why I’m asking here :hugs:

6

Ubuntu 24.04 doesn not need the PPA to installiert flatpak any more.

Once you remove the PPA, you can install it using apt like any other package. See Ubuntu Flathub Setup | Flathub for details.

7

How would I uninstall the PPA?

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So I removed the Flatpak PPA and tried installing it with apt but it gave me the same error:

shimbo@shimboserver:~$ sudo apt install flatpak
[sudo] password for shimbo: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 flatpak : Depends: libmalcontent-0-0 (>= 0.6.0) but it is not installable
           Depends: libostree-1-1 (>= 2020.8) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
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Try This

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As mentioned before, you really need to ask Ubuntu people about this.

You almost certainly have your apt sources.list misconfigured. Both of those packages are part of the universe repo, which is presumably disabled. flatpak is in there as well, but it has had a security update, which would make it appear in a different section (noble-security).