{"package_name":"org.fdroid.fdroid.privileged.ota","name":"F-Droid Privileged Extension OTA","summary":"Services to allow F-Droid to securely install and update apps","category":"System","icon_url":null,"latest_version_code":2130,"latest_version_name":"7d14a91","apk_url":"/api/apk/org.fdroid.fdroid.privileged.ota","apk_size":5745557,"apk_sha256":"7d14a91d750ce4dabd705264f0dee27a6c38f37e36c97194b06d7d1c8ec79c84","source_kind":"fdroid-repo","repo_slug":"fdroid-main","last_updated":1779371404,"release_timestamp":1642896000,"description":"Note: F-Droid requires root privileges to install Privileged Extension\nas a system \"priv-app\".\n\nhttps://f-droid.org/packages/org.fdroid.fdroid can make use of system privileges or permissions\nto install, update and remove applications on its own. The only way to\nobtain those privileges is to become a system app.\n\nThis is where the Privileged Extension comes in - being a separate app\nand much smaller, it can be installed as a system app and communicate\nwith the main app via AIDL IPC.\n\nThis has several advantages:\n\n* Reduced disk usage in the system partition\n* System updates don't remove F-Droid\n* The process of installing into system via root is safer\n\nThis is packaged as an OTA (Over-The-Air) update ZIP file.  It must be\ninstalled using TWRP or other Android recovery that can flash updates\nto the system from the /data/data/org.fdroid.fdroid folder on the\n/data partition. The standalone APK is called\nhttps://f-droid.org/packages/org.fdroid.fdroid.privileged, and that provides updates after this\nOTA package is installed.\n","categories":["System"]}