F-Droid Privileged Extension

F-Droid Privileged Extension

Services to allow F-Droid to securely install and update apps

F-Droid System

Description

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

https://f-droid.org/packages/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
https://f-droid.org/packages/org.fdroid.fdroid.privileged.ota. This is here to update
Privileged Extension when it has been installed using the OTA ZIP.

What’s new (0.2.14)

Fix missing authorization when geting information on installed packages.

Versions

Version Date Size Requires Android Download
0.2.14 current
6261445e671bea58…
2026-10-07 45 KB API 8
0.2.13
1008525a17b4f6a9…
2022-01-21 45 KB API 8
0.2.7
429bde81414c8779…
2017-09-24 36 KB API 8

Permissions

What the app asks the system for. Android only grants sensitive access after you confirm it.

  • INSTALL_PACKAGES
  • DELETE_PACKAGES

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