This answer is a bit rude and doesn't answer the original query.

There is an unmet dependency in Ubuntu 20.04 and the latest release can no 
longer be built. See 
https://discuss.pixls.us/t/what-happened-with-the-obs-builds/33588/2?u=darix 
for more information.

You can always try the flatpak.

-m

On January 4, 2023 1:58:37 AM PST, Matthias Andree <matthias.and...@gmx.de> 
wrote:
>Am 04.01.23 um 04:51 schrieb Bob Tregilus:
>> Hi -
>> 
>> I'm not sure who I should alert to this issue, someone on this dev
>> list or should I write to OBS support?
>> 
>> On the openSUSE contributors OBS they list the following four 4.2.0
>> darktable builds for Unbuntu based distros (I added the support
>> information):
>> 
>> xUbuntu 22.10 is supported to 2023-07.
>> 
>> xUbuntu 22.04 (LTS) is supported to 2027-04-21.
>> 
>> xUbuntu 21.10 support *ended* 2022-07-14.
>> 
>> xUbuntu 21.04 support *ended* 2022-01-20.
>> 
>> But now missing is a 4.2.0 build for the older:
>> 
>> xUbuntu 20.04 (LTS) which is supported to 2025-04-23.
>
>Who cares?
>
>The proper answer is: Do not use older Ubuntu distros on desktops,
>Ubuntu are only maintaining a very small subset of packages in the LTS
>context (and understandably so because it's redundant effort), and
>please do not ask to encourage people shooting themselves in the foot
>with that by providing new packages on older distros. Instead, teach
>desktop users to stay updated.
>
>> $ ubuntu-security-status
>> 989 packages installed, of which:
>> 859 receive package updates with LTS until 4/2025
>
>Meaning 130 packages without any security updates (this is xubuntu 20.04
>that I use as mostly-headless build server for mail-related software),
>and on typical desktop installs, it's usually much worse. Ubuntu's "LTS"
>tag, for desktops, is window dressing.
>
>Only main/restricted aka base packages receive "support".
>https://ubuntu.com/about/release-cycle but not many of community
>packages which I found make up considerable parts of desktop installs.
>
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