Thanks for your report. It's because an entry correspond to the snap package and the other for the debian package. It's indeed confusing.
** Summary changed: - VLC appears twice in Ubuntu Software + VLC appears twice in Ubuntu Software (snap / deb) ** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Summary changed: - VLC appears twice in Ubuntu Software (snap / deb) + Applications packaged as snap and deb appear twice in the search results. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1749085 Title: Applications packaged as snap and deb appear twice in the search results. Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Searching for "VLC" in Ubuntu Software shows two results. The first is "vlc" and has the same description as VideoLAN. However, installing the first entry doesn't create a VLC shortcut. What is the first "vlc" entry? Is it malware? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1749085/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp