What It’s Like to Publish on Google Play in 2025: Challenges and Solutions

Dropbox

To get Dropbox on my system, I went to the Software app and searched for it. I selected and installed the regular ‘Dropbox’ .deb package, instead of the version tailored for the Caja file manager.

Sublime Text

I opted to install Sublime Text via its APT repository to receive automatic updates. I followed the setup instructions provided on the official Sublime Text website: https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/linux_repositories.html.

Virtualbox

I encountered issues installing VirtualBox through the standard Ubuntu repositories and Software app. To fix this, I completely removed the existing installation and downloaded the ‘All distributions’ package directly from the VirtualBox website: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads. After making the downloaded file executable, I needed to install a few dependencies: