How can I use the /e/ Apps Store on a non /e/ device?

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Hello everyone,

How can I use the /e/ Apps Store on a non /e/ device?
If yes, how do I install it?

I have looked at the source code on GitHub
https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/apps/apps
Downloaded the build and got eventually through the folder structure an “app-release-unsigned.apk” file.

Should I use this?

Is there another App Store where I can directly download and install the /e/ App Store?
I have looked at the F-Droid app store without success.
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/

Thank you in advance
Best regards

Jeff

PS : by the way, thank you all for your efforts in making the /e/ ecosystem better.

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Hi @Jeff
i think it is available on F-Droid

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Ok, you can, but it’s sort of not worth it… I would just use aurora if i were you

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Better use F-droid and Aurora. Than you will have access to more and always actual apps. The apps in eApps are from cleanapk.org. None really knows who is behind cleanapk.org and nobody knows who is uploading the apks. That’s why the apps are often ‘old’.

For using the eApps Store it must be a system app. That’s why you can install the apk

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Ok, nobody knows who is manage cleanapk,
but i really think they are anonymous friends of us.

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the hope dies last :wink:

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I don’t use it until aurora is working

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Thank you all for contributing.

@piero : I did not find the /e/ App Store on the F-Droid.org app repository.

I looked for /e/, Apps, Store …etc.
If you are sure it is there, I would be interested in having the direct link to the web page.

@all: So you know, I don’t wish to go through the debate about which app store is best or trustworthy.

As for answering my original question: “How can I install and use the /e/ Apps Store on a non /e/ device? “, I have tried the following without success:

  1. I have looked at the source code on GitHub : https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/apps/apps

  2. Downloaded the build and got eventually through the folder structure an “app-release-unsigned.apk” file.

  3. Try to install from that “app-release-unsigned.apk” file. This did not succeed. Message: “Application not installed”.

  4. I have checked in the settings / Apps / system apps visible: no sign of an /e/ App Store.

I hope this contribution will help.
If anyone knows the answer as to how to install the /e/ app store on a non /e/ device, please let us know.

Best regards

Jeff

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You are right it is not yet on F-Droid, i have made a confusion :

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Edit : only BlissLauncher is on F-droid,
There are prebuild unsigned .APK for all /e/apps, on the /e/gitlab, but i don’t know if they works on stock android