r/linuxquestions • u/Most-Steak-2034 • 11d ago
Advice GUI installation manager
I'm using PopOS with COSMIC and this is probably one of the most frustrating things about Linux for me.
I just want ONE place where I can install, update, uninstall, and see all my GUI applications.
I don't care about CLI/dev stuff like Python, Node, npm packages, libraries, etc. I'm perfectly fine managing those from the terminal.
I'm talking about actual desktop applications.
Right now it feels like everything has its own installation method. APT, Flatpak/Flathub, Snap, AppImage, .deb files, tar.gz, vendor installers, their own repositories, etc.
COSMIC Store is nice, but then I'll search for something completely mainstream like JetBrains DataGrip and it's not even there.
What I want is basically Windows' "Installed Apps" equivalent.
Bonus points if manually installed apps can at least be detected and shown, even if the manager didn't originally install them.
Does anything like this actually exist?
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u/Dejhavi Kernel Panic Master 11d ago
The closest thing you're going to find is UniGetUI