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install from fdroid client fails with vague error message

I tried to install the privileged extension .zip from the FDroid client, but that only resulted in the error message: "Fehler beim Installieren von org.fdroid.fdroid.privileged.ota_2000.zip Parsing apk file failed!Maybe minSdk of apk is lower than current Sdk?Look into logcat for more specific warnings of Android's PackageParser OK"

I would expect at least a somewhat more helpful error message. Ideally, the error message would point me to a gpg-signature-verified zip-file that I can flash from TWRP.

Version info: .zip d88972bc6a6de608483ac930fed92e5bfb9451ccd6a9d077268b798c1655d735; F-Droid 0.102.2, Android 6.0.1 Slimrom. Latest Xprivacy and Xposed installed but no restrictions on FDroid client.

Logcat:

03-18 15:52:52.617 E/Installer(12156): Parsing apk file failed!Maybe minSdk of apk is lower than current Sdk?Look into logcat for more specific warnings of Android's PackageParser
03-18 15:52:52.617 E/Installer(12156): org.fdroid.fdroid.installer.ApkVerifier$ApkVerificationException: Parsing apk file failed!Maybe minSdk of apk is lower than current Sdk?Look into logcat for more specific warnings of Android's PackageParser
03-18 15:52:52.617 E/Installer(12156): 	at org.fdroid.fdroid.installer.ApkVerifier.verifyApk(ApkVerifier.java:69)
03-18 15:52:52.617 E/Installer(12156): 	at org.fdroid.fdroid.installer.Installer.installPackage(Installer.java:234)
03-18 15:52:52.617 E/Installer(12156): 	at org.fdroid.fdroid.installer.InstallerService.onHandleIntent(InstallerService.java:77)
03-18 15:52:52.617 E/Installer(12156): 	at android.app.IntentService$ServiceHandler.handleMessage(IntentService.java:66)
03-18 15:52:52.617 E/Installer(12156): 	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
03-18 15:52:52.617 E/Installer(12156): 	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
03-18 15:52:52.617 E/Installer(12156): 	at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:61)
03-18 15:52:52.635 E/AppDetails(12156): install aborted with errorMessage: Parsing apk file failed!Maybe minSdk of apk is lower than current Sdk?Look into logcat for more specific warnings of Android's PackageParser