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F-Droid Privileged Extension

Services to allow F-Droid to securely install and update apps
New in version 0.2.7

* Fixed OTA ZIP for Android 8.0 Oreo

* translation updates
Note: F-Droid requires root privileges to install Privileged Extension
as a system "priv-app".

org.fdroid.fdroid can make use of system privileges or permissions
to install, update and remove applications on its own. The only way to
obtain those privileges is to become a system app.

This is where the Privileged Extension comes in - being a separate app
and much smaller, it can be installed as a system app and communicate
with the main app via AIDL IPC.

This has several advantages:

* Reduced disk usage in the system partition
* System updates don't remove F-Droid
* The process of installing into system via root is safer

Instead of this build, most users will want to install the
"Over-The-Air" (OTA) update ZIP file is called
org.fdroid.fdroid.privileged.ota. This is here to update
Privileged Extension when it has been installed using the OTA ZIP.

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Versions

Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.

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  • Version 0.2.13 (2130) - Added on Jan 21, 2022

    This version requires Android 2.2 or newer.

    It is built by F-Droid and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • android.permission.DELETE_PACKAGES
    • android.permission.INSTALL_PACKAGES

    Download APK 44 KiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 0.2.12 (2120) - Added on Mar 17, 2021

    This version requires Android 2.2 or newer.

    It is built by F-Droid and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • android.permission.DELETE_PACKAGES
    • android.permission.INSTALL_PACKAGES

    Download APK 38 KiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 0.2.7 (2070) suggested Added on Sep 24, 2017

    This version requires Android 2.2 or newer.

    It is built by F-Droid and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • android.permission.DELETE_PACKAGES
    • android.permission.INSTALL_PACKAGES

    Download APK 36 KiB PGP Signature | Build Log