Application Update doesnt work on cachyos

[clarkarch]

What happened?

It seems the application updater doesnt work on cachyos, clicking restart to install returns an error

"Neither dpkg nor apt command found. Cannot install .deb package."

Operating System

Linux

GeForce NOW Tier

Free

Logs (required)

OpenNOW Logs Export
Generated: 2026-04-26T14:19:23.663Z
Source: main
Total Entries: 37
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2026-04-26T14:06:21.630Z   LOG [CACHE] Initialized cache directory: /home/clark/.config/opennow-stable/gfn-cache
2026-04-26T14:06:25.074Z   LOG [main] Resolved membership tier: FREE
2026-04-26T14:06:25.546Z   LOG [CACHE] RefreshScheduler initialized (interval: 720 minutes)
2026-04-26T14:06:25.547Z   LOG [CACHE] Starting RefreshScheduler
2026-04-26T14:06:25.548Z   LOG [CACHE] Auth context not available, skipping refresh
2026-04-26T14:06:32.406Z   LOG [main] Loaded 14 providers
2026-04-26T14:06:32.584Z   LOG [CACHE] Auth context updated for refresh scheduler
2026-04-26T14:06:34.987Z   LOG [CACHE] Auth context updated for refresh scheduler
2026-04-26T14:06:34.993Z   LOG [CACHE] Auth context updated for refresh scheduler
2026-04-26T14:06:35.064Z   LOG [CACHE] Cache hit: games:library (age: 1029s)
2026-04-26T14:06:42.353Z  INFO [main] Checking for update
2026-04-26T14:06:47.324Z  INFO [main] Found version 0.3.8 (url: OpenNOW-v0.3.8-linux-x86_64.AppImage, OpenNOW-v0.3.8-linux-amd64.deb)
2026-04-26T14:17:08.500Z  INFO [main] Checking for update
2026-04-26T14:17:10.693Z  INFO [main] Found version 0.3.8 (url: OpenNOW-v0.3.8-linux-x86_64.AppImage, OpenNOW-v0.3.8-linux-amd64.deb)
2026-04-26T14:17:13.765Z  INFO [main] Downloading update from OpenNOW-v0.3.8-linux-x86_64.AppImage, OpenNOW-v0.3.8-linux-amd64.deb
2026-04-26T14:17:13.767Z DEBUG [main] updater cache dir: /home/clark/.cache/opennow-stable-updater
2026-04-26T14:17:28.909Z  INFO [main] New version 0.3.8 has been downloaded to /home/clark/.cache/opennow-stable-updater/pending/OpenNOW-v0.3.8-linux-amd64.deb
2026-04-26T14:17:40.816Z  INFO [main] Install on explicit quitAndInstall
2026-04-26T14:17:40.817Z  INFO [main] Install: isSilent: false, isForceRunAfter: true
2026-04-26T14:17:40.819Z  INFO [main] Executing: command with args: -v,dpkg
2026-04-26T14:17:40.844Z ERROR [main] 
2026-04-26T14:17:40.845Z  INFO [main] Executing: command with args: -v,apt
2026-04-26T14:17:40.866Z ERROR [main] 
2026-04-26T14:17:40.867Z ERROR [main] Error: Error: Neither dpkg nor apt command found. Cannot install .deb package.
    at DebUpdater.doInstall (/opt/opennow/resources/app.asar/node_modules/electron-updater/out/DebUpdater.js:34:32)
    at DebUpdater.install (/opt/opennow/resources/app.asar/node_modules/electron-updater/out/BaseUpdater.js:57:25)
    at DebUpdater.quitAndInstall (/opt/opennow/resources/app.asar/node_modules/electron-updater/out/BaseUpdater.js:15:34)
    at Immediate._onImmediate (file:///opt/opennow/resources/app.asar/dist-electron/main/index.js:4928:19)
    at process.processImmediate (node:internal/timers:504:21)
2026-04-26T14:17:46.000Z  INFO [main] Checking for update
2026-04-26T14:17:46.458Z  INFO [main] Found version 0.3.8 (url: OpenNOW-v0.3.8-linux-x86_64.AppImage, OpenNOW-v0.3.8-linux-amd64.deb)
2026-04-26T14:17:50.178Z  INFO [main] Downloading update from OpenNOW-v0.3.8-linux-x86_64.AppImage, OpenNOW-v0.3.8-linux-amd64.deb
2026-04-26T14:17:51.693Z  INFO [main] Install on explicit quitAndInstall
2026-04-26T14:17:51.694Z  INFO [main] Install: isSilent: false, isForceRunAfter: true
2026-04-26T14:17:51.694Z  INFO [main] Executing: command with args: -v,dpkg
2026-04-26T14:17:51.713Z ERROR [main] 
2026-04-26T14:17:51.714Z  INFO [main] Executing: command with args: -v,apt
2026-04-26T14:17:51.729Z ERROR [main] 
2026-04-26T14:17:51.730Z ERROR [main] Error: Error: Neither dpkg nor apt command found. Cannot install .deb package.
    at DebUpdater.doInstall (/opt/opennow/resources/app.asar/node_modules/electron-updater/out/DebUpdater.js:34:32)
    at DebUpdater.install (/opt/opennow/resources/app.asar/node_modules/electron-updater/out/BaseUpdater.js:57:25)
    at DebUpdater.quitAndInstall (/opt/opennow/resources/app.asar/node_modules/electron-updater/out/BaseUpdater.js:15:34)
    at Immediate._onImmediate (file:///opt/opennow/resources/app.asar/dist-electron/main/index.js:4928:19)
    at process.processImmediate (node:internal/timers:504:21)
2026-04-26T14:18:15.277Z  INFO [main] Checking for update
2026-04-26T14:18:15.566Z  INFO [main] Found version 0.3.8 (url: OpenNOW-v0.3.8-linux-x86_64.AppImage, OpenNOW-v0.3.8-linux-amd64.deb)
2026-04-26T14:19:18.676Z   LOG [CACHE] Auth context updated for refresh scheduler

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[luizkowalski]

seeing the same problem on macOS

2026-04-27T11:25:07.635Z ERROR [main] Error: Error: Cannot find latest-mac.yml in the latest release artifacts (https://github.com/OpenCloudGaming/OpenNOW/releases/download/v0.3.8/latest-mac.yml): HttpError: 404 
"method: GET url: https://github.com/OpenCloudGaming/OpenNOW/releases/download/v0.3.8/latest-mac.yml\n\nPlease double check that your authentication token is correct. Due to security reasons, actual status maybe not reported, but 404.\n"
Headers: {
  "cache-control": "no-cache",
  "content-length": "9",
  "content-security-policy": "default-src 'none'; base-uri 'self'; connect-src 'self'; form-action 'self'; img-src 'self' data:; script-src 'self'; style-src 'unsafe-inline'",
  "content-type": "text/plain; charset=utf-8",
  "date": "Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:25:05 GMT",
  "referrer-policy": "no-referrer-when-downgrade",
  "server": "github.com",
  "strict-transport-security": "max-age=31536000; includeSubdomains; preload",
  "vary": "X-PJAX, X-PJAX-Container, Turbo-Visit, Turbo-Frame, X-Requested-With, Sec-Fetch-Site,Accept-Encoding, Accept, X-Requested-With",
  "x-content-type-options": "nosniff",
  "x-frame-options": "deny",
  "x-github-request-id": "D50F:2A98FA:16724F26:10CD9372:69EF4793",
  "x-xss-protection": "0"
}
    at createHttpError (/Applications/OpenNOW.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/builder-util-runtime/out/httpExecutor.js:21:12)
    at ElectronHttpExecutor.handleResponse (/Applications/OpenNOW.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/builder-util-runtime/out/httpExecutor.js:121:20)
    at ClientRequest.<anonymous> (/Applications/OpenNOW.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/builder-util-runtime/out/httpExecutor.js:87:26)
    at ClientRequest.emit (node:events:508:28)
    at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.<anonymous> (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:133982)
    at SimpleURLLoaderWrapper.emit (node:events:508:28)
    at newError (/Applications/OpenNOW.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/builder-util-runtime/out/error.js:5:19)
    at fetchData (/Applications/OpenNOW.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/electron-updater/out/providers/GitHubProvider.js:114:63)
    at async GitHubProvider.getLatestVersion (/Applications/OpenNOW.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/electron-updater/out/providers/GitHubProvider.js:124:23)
    at async MacUpdater.getUpdateInfoAndProvider (/Applications/OpenNOW.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/electron-updater/out/AppUpdater.js:389:19)
    at async MacUpdater.doCheckForUpdates (/Applications/OpenNOW.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/node_modules/electron-updater/out/AppUpdater.js:402:24)
    at async Object.checkForUpdates (file:///Applications/OpenNOW.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/dist-electron/main/index.js:5076:9)
    at async Session.<anonymous> (node:electron/js2c/browser_init:2:116462)
2026-04-27T11:25:08.633Z  INFO [main] Checking for update

[OmikroN-TNS]

I can confirm the same issue on macOS as @luizkowalski. Even after updating to latest version, metadata cannot be retrieved.

[Kief5555]

I pulled a version. Will be updating the app for more redundancy should this happen in the future.