I messed up trying to install Brave Browser, and now can't get any system updates
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I was attempting to install Brave Browser on Trisquel using the first set of instructions found here:
Not only was I unsuccessful, but I'm unable to get any system updates and Package Manager displays the following message:
E: Malformed entry 1 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release-.list (Component)
E: The list of sources could not be read.
Go to the repository dialog to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report.
How do I fix this?
As suggested by the error message, just simply delete the file(s) /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
That worked, thank you!
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On 1/11/20 3:15 AM, name at domain wrote:
> I was attempting to install Brave Browser on Trisquel using the first
> set of instructions found here:
Brave is proprietary. Though you as a free individual can install
Microsoft Edge on Trisquel, it would be irresponsible of us and against
the project rules to show you how to do it.
On 11/01/20 13:43, Caleb Herbert wrote:
> Brave is proprietary. Though you as a free individual can install
> Microsoft Edge on Trisquel, it would be irresponsible of us and
> against the project rules to show you how to do it.
I am also interested in Brave. Wikipedia says it is licensed under
the Mozilla Public License, which I understand qualifies as a Libre
Software License. Why do you say Brave is proprietary?
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Ignacio Agulló · name at domain
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On 1/11/20 8:20 AM, Ignacio Agulló wrote:
> I am also interested in Brave. Wikipedia says it is licensed under
> the Mozilla Public License, which I understand qualifies as a Libre
> Software License. Why do you say Brave is proprietary?
Maybe I rejected it because it is based on Chromium and had not bothered
to check its license since it's already disqualified as free. Chromium
is banned from many FSDG distros.
Chromium is still in Debian's main repository. Maybe Debian's guidelines are looser than FSF's.
> I am also interested in Brave. Wikipedia says it is licensed
> under the Mozilla Public License, which I understand qualifies as
> a Libre Software License. Why do you say Brave is proprietary?
The binaries they distribute are proprietary.[1] You need to compile
the browser yourself in order to use it under the terms of the MPL.[2] I
haven't looked into whether there are any other restrictions, such as
trademark restrictions, because I am not interested in a rebranding of
Chromium that sells its users' brain cells.
If I recall correctly isn't Brave browser the one that mines cryptocurrency using your tabs? I don't think that anything proprietary should be used but especially not something like that.
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