Signal-desktop: Signal deb package on PopShop failes to install (common, please fix)

Created on 6 Jan 2021 · 1Comment · Source: signalapp/Signal-Desktop

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Bug Description

When trying to install Signal on PopOS using its native app store PopShop, Signals .deb version cannot be installed because of this error:
Failed to install “Signal”
This may be a temporary issue or could have been caused by external or manually compiled software.
The package id's '' are not valid

Screenshot included below

Steps to Reproduce

Try to install (deb) version of Signal thru PopShop on PopOS (Linux)

Expected Result:
Should install itself

Screenshots

Platform Info

Operating System:
PopOS Linux

Linked Device Version:

john@pop-os:~$ inxi -F
System:    Host: pop-os Kernel: 5.8.0-7630-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: N/A Distro: Pop!_OS 20.10 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: H110M-DVS R3.0 serial: <superuser/root required> 
           UEFI [Legacy]: American Megatrends v: P1.20 date: 04/17/2017 
CPU:       Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-7400 bits: 64 type: MCP L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
           Speed: 2925 MHz min/max: 800/3500 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 3384 2: 3399 3: 3398 4: 3354 
Use of uninitialized value $working[3] in substitution (s///) at /usr/bin/inxi line 21120.
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA GP106 [GeForce GTX 1060 6GB] driver: nvidia v: 455.38 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 driver: nvidia unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,nouveau,vesa resolution: 
           1: 1920x1080~60Hz 2: 1920x1080~75Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1060 6GB/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 455.38 
Audio:     Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
           Device-3: Corsair Corsair VOID PRO Surround USB Adapter type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid 
           Device-4: C-Media USB Audio Device type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.0-7630-generic 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8192CE PCIe Wireless Network Adapter driver: rtl8192ce 
           IF: wlp2s0 state: down mac: 74:da:38:c1:9d:43 
           Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet driver: r8169 
           IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 70:85:c2:45:72:8b 
           IF-ID-1: vmnet1 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: 00:50:56:c0:00:01 
           IF-ID-2: vmnet8 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: 00:50:56:c0:00:08 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 1.38 TiB used: 312.18 GiB (22.2%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Silicon Power model: SPCC Solid State Disk size: 476.94 GiB 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Crucial model: CT1000MX500SSD1 size: 931.51 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 464.51 GiB used: 312.15 GiB (67.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
Swap:      ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 4.00 GiB used: 35.8 MiB (0.9%) dev: /dev/dm-0 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 31.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 34 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 25% 
Info:      Processes: 279 Uptime: 5h 29m Memory: 15.59 GiB used: 8.33 GiB (53.4%) Shell: Bash inxi: 3.1.07

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