Questions tagged [flatpak]
Flatpak is a packaging mechanism for distributing a sandboxed desktop application to Linux systems.
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Correct way to launch xdg desktop portal under bare WM setup?
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I'm running Void Linux with X11. I'm not using any desktop environment or display manager. I simply type startx from tty to launch X11, and ~/.xinitrc launches BSPWM, polybar, and all the ...
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Flatpak app can’t open links
I don’t know much about flatpak, so not sure where to look for.
I can’t open links from thunderbird flatpak to firefox flatpak.
I’ve looked around it seems that it should be an problem with portals. ...
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Skype account gets automatically logged out in Flatpak version
In the Flatpak version of Skype, when the app gets closed, my account automatically gets logged out. So, I have to re-enter the credentials each time I open the Skype app.
I have seen this issue only ...
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Can I configure parameters when launching flatpak apps from the GUI?
One of my Flatpak application stopped working properly, probably after a silent upgrade. I found a fix online that tells me to add a parameter. That fix works. Nonetheless, I like running that app ...
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Thunderbird flatpak install crash in a few seconds, after OS reboot (works before reboot) - Debian, KDE, Wayland
I'm on Debian 12 KDE, Wayland(for monitor scaling).
I set a custom location for flatpak in /etc/flatpak/installations.d/extra.conf
[Installation "port"]
Path=/port/flatpak/
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Integrate java app installed through flathub to GTK
I have installed sweethome3d via flathub(https://flathub.org/apps/com.sweethome3d.Sweethome3d). Expectedly, the look is not integrated with Adwaita or whatever GTK theme and icons I am using.
Is there ...
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Can’t run a single flatpak app
Every flatpak app fails with this message:
$ flatpak run org.mozilla.firefox
bwrap: Unexpected capabilities but not setuid, old file caps config?
error: ldconfig failed, exit status 256
It must be ...
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Unable to navigate to app or app events while clicking on notification badges on plasma workspace for Flatpak apps
Normally, when I click on the notification badges, I am taken to the application window for any application in KDE plasma. However, this is not the case with Flatpak apps. Clicking on the notification ...
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Disable Network Permission for all Flatpaks
The Flatseal Flatpak has a toggle to disable network permissions (share=network) for all Flatpaks installed on your system. How can I do this same thing by command line, for all Flatpaks installed on ...
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Why does Flatpak not require a password?
Flatpack is installing software, right?
Example: my distro (Ubuntu based) installed Brave and Chrome browser updates today, no password was required.
Isn't sudo, or otherwise admin access, required to ...
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Flameshot not working with Flatpak on Wayland
I'm trying to take screenshot using flameshot on my fedora 38 system but the issue is I'm unable to do so. I'm running a wayland instance and do not intend to switch to X11.
I'm running the flatpak ...
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How to force flatpak output to be in a table, even when stdout is piped?
flatpak prints output as a table:
$ flatpak search firefox
Name Description Application ID Version Branch Remotes
Firefox Fast, Private &...
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Switch the runtime version of flatpak app
If I list all runtimes, I see different apps use different versions of the same package. For instance, flatpak list --runtime outputs
Freedesktop Platform org.freedesktop.Platform 21.08.20.1 21.08 ...
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Can Flatpak's apps installed in external drive and used on different Linux distribution?
I was thinking to create a workstation drive that contain all development apps and file and use it (plug & run) across many device with different Linux distribution. Is that possible?
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In FlatPak, is it possible to always install packages under system instead of user?
On Debian/Ubuntu based Linux, the most common 3 package managers are apt, flatpak & snap.
Both apt & snap install packages for all users by default, flatpak is the only exception.
This has ...
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Execute bash command from container (flatpak) in the main OS
Here's my problem. I am running flatpak steam and I want to interact with libratbag for managing my mouse poll rate. Running my custom command from the game launch options won't work, as everything is ...
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Are really all these flatpaks unused (except Nvidia latest runtime and a few others)?
Somewhere I found this command for a flatpak maintenance:
flatpak uninstall --unused
I did have no free time at that point, so I saved it for later use. Now, when I execute it, I get:
$ flatpak ...
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Flatpak applications borked under NixOS
I just migrated from Arch Linux to NixOS. I configured the system to install GNOME. I'm used to install desktop applications using Flatpak, so I went ahead and configured everything...just to realize ...
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Script the addition of pre-run hooks to Flatpaks
I'd like to modify how installed Flatpaks run, so that podman containers used by a Flatpak are ran before the Flatpak is run (and ideally shut down after the Flatpak finishes running, but that's ...
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move installed flatpak applications
In the flatpak documentation there are instructions for alternative locations to install the new applications.
But how do I move what is already installed to a new location? Simply moving what was in ~...
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Clawsmail 4.1: reason for lag when clicking on emails
Clawsmail 4.1.1 (flatpak) (pop3 mailboxes)
GTK 3.24.37 / GLib 2.72.4
Locale: en_AU.UTF-8 (charset: UTF-8)
Operating System: Linux 6.2.6-76060206-generic (x86_64)
After receiving emails from pop ...
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Firefox won't open links with flatpak or snap application
Firefox that was installed by default doesn't open links with snap or flatpak applications installed on my system. As an example, I am trying to log in to Todoist application installed locally on my ...
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'/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share' is not in the search path set by the XDG_DATA_HOME and XDG_DATA_DIRS
Weird one, when I update flatpaks I get the following message in terminal:
Note that '/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share' is not in the search path
set by the XDG_DATA_HOME and XDG_DATA_DIRS
environment ...
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Disable the "background activity" notification in GNOME when opening Flatpak applications
This sort of thing started happening a while back; I thought it was going to go away (because it's super annoying), but after a couple of system updates, it looks like it's here to stay.
As far as I ...
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I do not receive any response from flathub
When I run sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo, I do not get any responses, and command does not finish. I can open flathub.org in the browser, ...
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Can't login to Unity Hub Flatpak
I am trying to login to Unity Hub but it is not working.
When I open Unity hub I get the welcome page that prompts me to log in. When I click on the login button a web page is opened to log in (...
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GNOME Extensions do not install on Debian
I'm trying to install true-color-invert available at the GNOME Extensions website or similar tools. It does not appear in the Extensions application on my Debian nor the gnome-extensions list which ...
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How to clear the contents under /run/user/1000/doc?
I am on Ubuntu 20.04 and installed evince via flatpak, when I open evince, it usually makes a copy of the opened file into /run/user/1000/doc. I learned that /run/user/1000/doc is the temporary ...
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Unable to delete data of flatpak - connection is closed error
I was using KdenLive but I messed up some of the settings so I decided to do a fresh install. When I used the GUI to remove then reinstall, the settings were intact. Then I went to the terminal and ...
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Can you run a flatpak from a single file?
Things like snap or flatpak irritate me to no end, because they take over your system (and snap even updates packages behind the scenes without informing you, so you end up with a shitton of crap ...
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Flatpak applications opening problem
Recently some applications I installed with flatpak won't open from the applications menu in Debian 11 or when I try to read a file corresponding to that application (.txt with gedit, PDF with evince, ...
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Does Flatpak support command-line applications?
I'm browsing Flathub. It contains thousands of apps, installable using Flatpak. All the apps on there seem to have a GUI. Are there any that are simple apps with a CLI (command-line interface)? Does ...
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Flatpak data paths: Overlay to /usr/lib?
I want to package an app which ships with plugins which are installed using CMake GNUInstallDirs so eventually it ends up in ~/.local/share/flatpak/app/<appid>/current/active/files/lib/<...
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Why doesn't Brave resolve DNS rewrites?
I have set up AdGuard Home and pointed my router to the AGH instance in order to block ads etc.
I have created a couple of DNS rewrites so that I enter an address to my liking and one of these is ...
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Is there a flatpak command equivalent to "dpkg --get-selections"?
When I make a backup, I have a script that I've written to document packages that have been installed. I rather like that dpkg can use the list generated by the --get-selections option as a source for ...
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Flatpak cannot update openh264 on Linux Mint 21.1
I am on Linux Mint 21.1, and every time I want to update my flatpaks since two weeks or so, I get this error here:
KENNUNG Zweig Op ...
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Qt app doesn't apply Kvantum themes correctly on Fedora
So I've been using apps that use the Qt engine like: Prism Launcher or PeaZip with the Kvantum engine to theme those app. And in most of the apps I have, while some part of it are themed correctly, ...
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The NVIDIA driver creates multiple FUSE devices and intensively loads up the system
When I boot up my arch distro, sometimes (75% of the time) it starts creating FUSE devices and load up my system, so that I cannot use it, unless I reboot and then everything seems normal. It can ...
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Flatpak program can't see all directories
I need a flatpak program (Ardour in this case) to see some music plugins (which are installed in /usr/lib/lv2) but I couldn't make it to see those directories.
I found this answer and tried FlatSeal ...
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How does flatpak provide access to Vulkan / GPU
I am running the flatpak version of Steam, and it happens that my system has two discrete GPUs, a nvidia one and a lowend AMD one.
Normally Steam opens proton games and it uses the nvidia card for ...
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How do you start software installed with flatpak?
Hope, I'm on the right site for this question.
So I tried to install KRuler with flatpak doing flatpak install org.kde.kruler and then tried to run it with flatpak run --user org.kde.kruler which ...
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Unacceptable TLS certificate error in Termux proot-distro
I Installed Flatpak in Debian proot-distro.
$ apt install flatpak
When I run the following command I get Unacceptable TLS certificate error.
$ flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://...
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gnome-software: Could not activate remote peer
When I open gnome-software I get the following error:
I've looked at the verbose output from the app, but understand nothing:
$ echo '# kill existing processes'; killall gnome-software; echo '# done ...
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What are these Nvidia flatpak packages?
On Linux Mint (updated and upgraded regularly) current version 21.1 Vera, apart from regular system and "normally" installed applications, I also periodically check for graphics card driver ...
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I tried to install Flatpak to get GIMP and keep getting a warning message when I open terminal
I am new to Linux
and have to use it to install anything I want to use on Chromebook
so I did the vmc terminal on the Ctrl+Alt+T
then open terminal where I tried to install Flatpak using
sudo apt ...
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How to set application installed via flatpak as default aplication for some type of files?
I have installed pycharm via flatpak on linux Mint 21.1. I want to open every .py file in the PyCharm application. But when I right click and choose "open with other application" PyCharm is ...
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Why does my bash script answer prompt without my asking?
I want to uninstall packages and reinstall them in user mode. I have a manually edited list made with flatpak list, where the first word of the line is the complete name of the package.
I can make a ...
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Saving files form flatpack (popos) don't appear in file system
I installed lunacy in PopOS! using flatpack.
When I save a file (in my home folder) it does not appear in my file manager.
If I close lunacy and open it again, the file is gone.
I am unsure what the ...
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Is there any electron runtime for flatpak?
As we already now, flatpak runtime decoupling apps and the framework (GTK ,QT, or even freedesktop) to make apps distribution more slimmer.
The runtime also have version too so the app developer can ...
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Apps installed via Flatpak on Pop OS unable to upload, download, import, export, or save files
I'm running Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS (a flavor of Ubuntu), all updates available in the Pop Shop have been installed. Apps installed via flatpak appear to have a permissions issue.
For example--
Brave: can'...
