Questions tagged [flatpak]
Flatpak is a packaging format for distributing sandboxed applications on GNU/Linux distributions. Use this tag for all questions related to creating, distributing and running Flatpaks.
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How to completely remove snap and replace with flatpak?
I want to remove every piece of existing software/package on Ubuntu related to snap and replace with flatpak.
How to completely remove snap in Ubuntu 19.04 and replace with flatpak without crashing or ...
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What are the differences between snaps, appimage, flatpak and others?
I have been getting this question lately from students and although I have a lot of information to offer, I have not found a source that I can point people to where they can read an update answer (I ...
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Are Snap and Flatpak apps safe to install? Are they "official", approved or tested for a particular distro version?
I don't like installing apps outside my distro's official repositories.
Linux's security relies a lot on having a repository meticulously curated and tested for library compatibility with current ...
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How to run GIMP on Ubuntu 16.04 (install from flatpak)?
I install GIMP as shown in https://www.gimp.org/downloads/ by run the command in terminal
flatpak install https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.gimp.GIMP.flatpakref
Output
This application ...
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Does GUI for Flatpak exist for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?
I'm running Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS.
I have added Flatpak PPA and installed it to my system:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexlarsson/flatpak
sudo apt update
sudo apt install flatpak
And then I want ...
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Launchers for installed snap applications (including Ubuntu Software) disappeared after installing GNOME Software
I installed regular gnome-software to be able to install Flatpaks as well. Right after I did that, all was fine: I could see both "Software" and "Ubuntu software" in the launcher overview and launch ...
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Adjust mousepointer in Firefox Flatpak
How do I get the same mousepointer in Firefox (Flatpak) as in my Kubuntu 20.04.2 OS. The one in Firefox (Flatpak) is a little black pointer, while in Firefox (Canonical) it is the same as in my OS. (...
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How can I keep Ubuntu updated automatically?
I want help to
make Ubuntu 'update && upgrade' itself automatically,
select the settings for this automatic system.
How can I do it? Please advice about
where to find the menu (GUI) or file ...
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How to completely remove flatpak
I have removed flatpak with sudo apt-get purge flatpak; however, if I run locate flatpak I find several files and several directories. Can I remove them all with rm -r or there is a "better" way? If ...
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Where to find application after flatpak installation (gimp)
I have installed flatpak to install gimp on Ubuntu 16.04:
flatpak install https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.gimp.GIMP.flatpakref
After the installation was done I couldn't find any application ...
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How to clean cache and orphan dependencies in snap and flatpak?
Is there an equivalent of sudo apt clean in snap and flatpak (to delete the cached installation files)?
That might free up a considerable amount of space.
Also, is there any equivalent of sudo apt ...
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How to identify whether an app is a snap or a flatpak or a native app on my computer?
While I generally appreciate the new universal software package approaches like snap or flatpak, I started to feel uncomfortable concerning how to actually tell whether an app installed on my system (...
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Why does Kubuntu show an update that apparently doesn't exist? / Why is my update notification incorrect?
In the Notification area of the desktop we get a notification about an available update but opening Discover or even using apt or apt-get from the command line shows that the system is up to date.
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Old Flatpak version in Focal repo: no Chromium for me?
Tried to install flatpak Chromium, to no avail:
5. [✗] org.chromium.Chromium stable i flathub < 102.8 MB
Error: org.chromium.Chromium needs a ...
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How to install a previous version of Gimp with Flatpak on Ubuntu 20.04?
I'm on stock Ubuntu 20.04.2, and I have managed to install the latest / current Gimp with Flatpak: it was the 2.10.24 version at the time.
However, there are a few issues with the 2.10 line that I can'...
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Flatpak applications use nautilus instead of Dolphin
I've succesfully installed a few flatpak apps from the flathub repo, on Kubuntu 18.04 64bits.
Only problem is that the apps that require browsing through local files use a nautilus-like browser ...
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flatpak in a script, how to auto answer "Use this remote?"
When trying to install flapaks in a script,
$ flatpak install program_I_am_installing
I get prompted with
Found similar ref(s) for 'program_I_am_installing' in remote 'flathub' (subsystem).
Use ...
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two different gnome-software stores - same os Xubuntu 20.04lts - starting snap-store starts gnome-software?
I recently fresh reinstalled Xubuntu 20.04lts on two of my pcs.
Suddenly after a few weeks, i discovered a couple of differences between these pcs, were i did not alter anything.
It seems that the ...
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How to give a Flatpak app access to a directory
I installed Elisa music player from Flathub, but it refuses to see my Music partition, so I can't add any music to it's library unless I copy it to /home/my_user/.
Is there a way to give a Flatpak ...
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How should the files of a Flatpak application be removed?
I installed an application using a command of the following form:
flatpak --user install -y --app --bundle "$DIR/Suphead.flatpak"
I uninstalled it using a command of the following form:
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Install Flatpak apps on Ubuntu 20.04
I just installed Flatpak recently but after installing it, I can't find the apps in Ubuntu Software. I installed the Flatpak plugin for Ubuntu Software Center and I can't find any apps.
Actually, I ...
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Allow flatpak application to "Open with" other applications
Is it possible to configure a Flatpak application so that it is able to send files ("Open with") to other programs? I am on Kubuntu.
For instance, I have Thunderbird installed as a Flatpak ...
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Can I install Visual Studio Code in Docker for security?
Would installing Visual Studio Code in a Docker container offer better isolation than a snap or Flatpack?
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flatpak fails, seemingly entirely
EDIT (Jan 11): I found "my" workaround (with apologies that it won't help others with the same problem).
The tar.gz distro of the software I want to run works fine, out of the box, on my old ...
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Updating snap, flatpak and appimage through Ubuntu(Gnome) Software and unified cli?
Yes I've seen:
Will we be able to install, update and remove snap packages in the Ubuntu Softwares?
What are the differences between snaps, appimage, flatpak and others?
This is mainly for limited ...
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How do you offload a flatpak application to run on the nvidia graphics card when using prime?
For some flatpak applications, it is better to use the dedicated GPU but how do you ensure that PRIME is offloading correctly when you cant run the usual testing commands inside the sandboxed ...
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Is it safe to uninstall flatpak runtimes for apps I no longer have installed?
user@ncase:~$ flatpak list
Ref Options
org.DolphinEmu.dolphin-emu/x86_64/stable system,current
org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-...
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How to run or execute the ebook-convert script from a flatpak install of calibre?
Where and how can I run the ebook-convert script for calibre from the console?
nicholas@gondor:~$
nicholas@gondor:~$ flatpak info com.calibre_ebook.calibre
calibre - The one stop solution to all ...
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How to create a wrapper script for the Flatpak version of Octave, to avoid the long command flatpak run org.octave.Octave?
In the apt version of octave, I can use the command octave script.m to execute the file script.m. Similarly flatpak run org.octave.Octave script.m works too.
However, to avoid the long command flatpak ...
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flatpak has no installtion candidate on ubuntu 22.04 [duplicate]
As i executed
sudo apt install flatpak
On my live usb booted ubuntu 22.04
The terminal throws the error message as follows
Package flatpak is not available, but is referred to by another package.
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how to launch flatpak calibre from the console?
How do I start calibre from the bash console?
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@mordor:~$ com.calibre_ebook.calibre
com.calibre_ebook.calibre: command not found
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@mordor:~$ ...
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How to correctly install LibreOffice using FlatPak to have libreoffice command in $PATH environment variable?
I have just removed deb-packages of LibreOffice from my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS system with
sudo apt purge --auto-remove $(dpkg -l | grep "^ii libreoffice" | awk '{print $2}')
To replace it with ...