I recently installed Brave Origin (Release v1.91.165) for Linux (.deb) from the Brave Github repo. I understand this is first stable release.
From my understanding, Brave Origin browser, currently, will not update via apt-update /software&updates process on Ubuntu. When a new version is released, we’ll have to download the latest Deb file. Is it possible to enable Brave-Origin to update via the regular apt-update process on Ubuntu?
If it’s currently possible, what do we need to do to make this happen?**
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You should be able to update the browser via apt-update already – no further action required. Additionally, Brave Origin stable was only released today – you’re on v.1.91.165 which is not the official/live release.
Please download the stable build here https://brave.com/origin/linux/
You can then update using apt as expected.
However, if you happen to launch Brave after a certain amount of time¶ since Brave’s own previous update check but before the automated apt-update has had a chance to download and apply the update, you get a “Can’t update Brave” pop-up with a “Reinstall Brave” button and the browser’s main menu button turns pink and gets an “Update” tag.
Clicking on the “Reinstall Brave” button (tempting for newbies) merely brings you to the https://brave.com/download page, which does not fit within the apt mechanism.
If you ignore (i.e. Esc) the pop-up and then click on the pink main menu, you find that it contains a supplemental “Brave is out of date” entry which, if invoked, simply re-displays the “Can’t update Brave” pop-up with its “Reinstall Brave” button.
Overall, this is all quite Linux-unfriendly.
¶ I haven’t been able to determine what that amount of time is, but it appears to be approximately 50 days from the last update or 57 to 59 days from the release date of the currently installed version. The --disable-auto-update and --check-for-update-interval switches are ignored.