This is really important issue, especially now with surge on new users rushing to Linux. Consider scenario, when new user tries to install Steam: after clicking "Download Steam" button on website Firefox defaults to "Open with Software Install" and pressing OK leaves user stumped with cryptic error message "Failed to install file: not supported". Some users might give up right here, as OS states that package is supposedly "not supported".
If fixing this issue is impossible or too complicated, at least add a helpful error message, that informs user to download package to disk and run it from there.
This is really important issue, especially now with surge on new users rushing to Linux. Consider scenario, when new user tries to install Steam: after clicking "Download Steam" button on website Firefox defaults to "Open with Software Install" and pressing OK leaves user stumped with cryptic error message "Failed to install file: not supported". Some users might give up right here, as OS states that package is supposedly "not supported".
If fixing this issue is impossible or too complicated, at least add a helpful error message, that informs user to download package to disk and run it from there.