Brave on openSUSE

[vitkrn]

Description of the issue: Install page for Brave browser does not support openSUSE. Even if using Fedora or RHEL RPM repos, browser gets installed but it is not possible to update the browser (issue) without removing the repo + browser and installing again.
Also, repomd.xml is unsigned on adding Brave rpm repo.

Steps to Reproduce (add as many as necessary): 1. Install Brave: > sudo zypper ar https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/x86_64/ brave-rpm-release
> sudo rpmkeys --import https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc
> sudo zypper in brave-keyring brave-browser
2. Refresh repos: sudo zypper ref

Actual Result (gifs and screenshots are welcome!):

Expected result: Brave repo working correctly (see first command on above image).

Reproduces how often: All the time.

Operating System and Brave Version(See the About Brave page in the main menu): OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed.
Brave: 0.63.48 Chromium: 74.0.3729.108 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Additional Information: Repo refreshes correctly after manually changing .repo type to yast2, but refreshing it resets type to rpm-md again. (see this)

[Xenophore]

I’m having the same problem.
Version 0.64.75 Chromium: 74.0.3729.131 (Official Build) (64-bit)

[blaine]

I would like to see about fixing this issue permanently, which I loosely understand involves some changes to the metadata Brave keeps in its repos. I wonder if someone at Brave could hook me up with a tarball copy of their RPM repo that I could use to develop locally looking for the right fix.

[greg1947]

This is kind of a showstopper for me, as the issue has been ongoing for several years. As much as I’d like to switch to Brave, until someone in the project takes a few minutes to make these changes, it looks like I’ll continue using Vivaldi (which has working repos, that I don’t have to waste time fixing after every update).