Installing deb packages

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I created a deb update package using the instructions provided in :slight_smile: Deb packages

However, when I attempted to deploy this to my device it failed with the following log:
2025-02-27 14:57:33.211 +0000 UTC info: Running Mender client 4.0.2
2025-02-27 14:57:33.213 +0000 UTC info: Deployment with ID 735e8557-db1c-4283-9b7c-88e894fd1eaa started.
2025-02-27 14:57:33.216 +0000 UTC info: Sending status update to server
2025-02-27 14:57:34.49 +0000 UTC error: Parse error: Failed to parse the header: Failed to parse the type-info artifact_provides JSON: The JSON is not an object
2025-02-27 14:57:34.497 +0000 UTC info: Sending status update to server

What is the correct process for creating a deb update package?

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Hi @keithrobinson67,

The process should be correct. So you have created the deb-artifact as described in Deb packages, then uploaded it to Hosted Mender and initiated the deployment from there?

Greetz
Josef

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I followed the procedure exactly. Here is the type-info contents inside the package:
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