I am running MATE 16.04 and am a fairly new user to Linux. I use the Software Boutique quite frequently because never quite sure how to install without it. I have several systems on my network and frequently accessed them using Team Viewer but lately I find Any Desk is more to my liking. Not sure if possible but would like to see it in the Software Boutique. I think this is a great program and would be used by many of the user community.
For a program to be added to the software boutique it has to have a Personal Package Archive (PPA).
AnyDesk doesn’t have one. It is a direct download. So, for that reason alone AnyDesk cannot be added to the Software Boutique.
Thanks for checking into this for me. Too bad it can’t be added because it is a great program.
You could write to them, refer to this forum post and request a PPA or a snap package (which allows cross-platform installation of software). It is a big company and they should have enough resources to maintain one. The more people do this, the easier software installation will become and we as Ubuntu MATE users will have a wider range of software available in the Software Boutique. @Don_in_Vermont