Install Plasma Discover on Raspberry Pi

Plasma Discover

Easy to use app store for flatpak and apt packages
This is your classic GUI "app store", featuring screenshots, written reviews, and a one-click button to install new apps. It's geared toward desktop users and is not Raspberry Pi or ARM specific. Everything offered in it should work, and it is a good place to find easy-to-install apps that do not really need Pi-Apps to simplify the install process.

To run: Menu -> System Tools -> Discover
To run in a terminal: plasma-discover

By default, Discover will show a mix of apt packages and flatpaks, which can get pretty confusing. Also it seems to prefer apt packages, even though flatpak versions are generally newer.
To only see apt packages, run this: plasma-discover --backends packagekit
To only see flatpaks: plasma-discover --backends flatpak

Fortunately, Plasma Discover is very easy to install on your Raspberry Pi in just two steps.

  1. Install Pi-Apps - the best app installer for Raspberry Pi.
  2. Use Pi-Apps to install Plasma Discover.

Compatibility

For the best chance of this working, we recommend using the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS, which is currently version Bookworm.
Raspberry Pi OS has 32-bit and 64-bit variants, both of which will run on most Raspberry Pi computers, including the Pi 3, Pi 4, and Pi5.
Plasma Discover will run on either PiOS 32-bit or 64-bit.

Install Pi-Apps

Pi-Apps is a free tool that makes it incredibly easy to install the most useful programs on your Raspberry Pi with just a few clicks.

Open a terminal and run this command to install Pi-Apps:

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/pi-apps/master/install | bash

Feel free to check out the Pi-Apps source code here: https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps

Install Plasma Discover

Now that you have Pi-Apps installed, it is time to install Plasma Discover.
First launch Pi-Apps from your start menu:

Then click on the System Management category.

Now scroll down to find Plasma Discover in the list.

Just click Install and Pi-Apps will install Plasma Discover for you!

Pi-Apps is a free and open source tool made by Botspot, theofficialgman, and other contributors. Find out more at https://pi-apps.io