Good afternoon All.
Please, can you explain how can I replace the, by default, app Evolution 3.36.5 by the newer version 3.50.x. I'm using the Zorin OS 15.3 Core.
Please, provide some details, as I have reduced knowledge about Linux.
Thank you in advance for the help you may provide.
Jean-Pierre.
Hello,
In software store there's 3 types of package system on Zorin OS. One called snap, one flatpak and zorinOS package (.deb files).
Go to software store and remove the current Evolution that is install. After that search the store for Evolution, click it and set the package to flatpak.
It does require you set up Evolution again.
Hello Storm.
I removed Evolution and looked for the app on the site as follows:
and got the following error message:
error: Failed to install org.gnome.Platform: Can't pull from untrusted non-gpg verified remote
what should I do ?
thank you and regards.
Try;
flatpak update
then try again.
Try add the flag --force to the command.
flatpak install --force flathub org.gnome.Evolution
[quote="Storm, post:6, topic:48304"]
flatpak install --force flathub org.gnome.Evolution
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I got this now:
error: Unknown option --force
I made the downloads from this page:
What happen if you install it via the software store instead?
You could disable non-gpg warning, but it's not advisable, it's a safty mechanism.
But you can do it this way;
flatpak remote-modify org.gnome.Evolution --no-gpg-verify=true
But I advise against it. Now I have warned you, it's up to you as it's your system.
But you can switch to flatpak in the software store, so you don't need to use commands.
simply the looks that I get when I install the app is quite different from what we see on the image ...
Strange, it may be somewhere. I'm not on Zorin OS (I'm using a different Linux distro). Perhaps someone with Zorin can point where the switch is.
I think the issue here is probably that you're running Zorin 15.3. I would strongly recommend you upgrade from that, as even 16 is going to be running out of its support soon enough. 15 has been out for a while, and would definitely be in need of an upgrade. I think that's been out of date since 2023?
You can use the upgrader and should allow you to upgrade to the next version:
Upgrade Zorin OS - Zorin Help
Ok, thank you ... I may go on that direction ... after all this PC can handle it easily ... thank you again to both ... have a nice day
Sounds good. I marked my answer as the solution for now. Feel free to make a new thread if you need help with upgrading or anything else.
Zorin 16 "expired" April this year as it was based on Ubuntu 20.04. If you are still a fan of Firefox, then I advise you download 17.2 from here:
If you download from Zorin directly, Zorin 17.3 now comes with Brave Browser by default, but you could always swap it out. The other major change with Zorin 17 is that it now sadly defaults to using Wayland compositor instead of xorg(/X11). If you have an nvidia graphics I would opt for X11. To do this, post install, before you give your login password, after choosing your username, a small cog appears lower right, click on this and you will see a dot to the left of the top option, 'Zorin desktop', click on the option below, 'Zorin on xorg'. Personally I prefer to not use flatpak or snap, APT packages get updated with the system and I would argue more secure.
And don't forget to download the Unofficial Manual for Zorin 17 Core from here:
Do note that Zorin OS 17 still doesn't have access to the latest version of Evolution — The current version available is 5.44.
So, @Storm's advice of installing the Flatpak version still holds true.
