--- title: I AM SO DISAPPOINTED WITH UBUNTU 24.04 😡 | daily.dev description: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS has removed the ability to install deb files using the official graphical software center, which has caused frustration among users. Canonical... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-am-so-disappointed-with-ubuntu-24-04--ym2tqv8ji twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I AM SO DISAPPOINTED WITH UBUNTU 24.04 😡 | daily.dev og:description: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS has removed the ability to install deb files using the official graphical software center, which has caused frustration among users. Canonical... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-am-so-disappointed-with-ubuntu-24-04--ym2tqv8ji og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/yM2tQV8Ji.png og:image:alt: I AM SO DISAPPOINTED WITH UBUNTU 24.04 😡 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I AM SO DISAPPOINTED WITH UBUNTU 24.04 😡 **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 4 min read · 61 upvotes · 21 comments ## Summary Ubuntu 24.04 LTS has removed the ability to install deb files using the official graphical software center, which has caused frustration among users. Canonical has not fixed this bug and it is suspected to be a deliberate move. The removal of deb packages in favor of snaps is also a concern. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@xprosek** · 8 upvotes > sudo apt install ./Downloads/debfile.deb > > I mean why would you complicate it with GUI? **@hinogi** · 6 upvotes > Looks a bit like you now need a universal package manager manager to manage all the universal package managers that shift beneath the OSs and might change over time. > The fragmentation of package formats across linux distros can be cumbersome also but pulling the rug from under that kind of solid structure like built in package managers is really annoying. **@nosid19** · 6 upvotes > `sudo dpkg -i package.deb` just exist... **@hantian\_pang** · 1 upvotes > it's a breaking change **@yacine\_b** · 1 upvotes > Softwares should evolve. 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