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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GNOME software center hangs when searching for software
Running Ubuntu 20.10.
My software center hangs whenever I search for a software using the magnifying glass.
I have the flatpak extension enabled, it that's relevant.
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How to make Thunderbird use a Flatpak app as default file handler?
I'm trying to make Flatpak Libreoffice the default app for opening files in Thunderbird.
At the moment, Thunderbird (also a flatpak) is using System Handler as default. I tried changing it but cannot ...
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Can't update flatpak: »Flatpak system operation Deploy not allowed for user«
I have some problems trying to update my flatpaks. I have several applications installed via flatpak (system wide) and from time to time I am updating all of them with the command:
flatpak update -y
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How to remove apt browsers and use Flatpak browser
Similar to this question Why does removing Firefox install another browser? when I try to remove Firefox installed via apt, apt tries to install Chromium as an alternative as I have dependencies that ...
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Flatpak viber doesnot run on wayland
android@inspi:~$ flatpak run com.viber.Viber
QSocketNotifier: Can only be used with threads started with QThread
sh: xdg-mime: command not found
Flatpak viber doesnot run in wayland on 20.04.
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How do I run flatpak apps on discrete GPU by default?
I want some flatpak apps to run on my discrete Nvidia GPU by default. I can always right-click on the app and launch via discrete graphics but that's tedious.
I followed these steps but it did not ...
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Evince complains about missing --filesystem=xdg-run/gvfsd privileges, how can I add those privileges
On 22.04, when using evince on the command line to add text annotations to a PDF and then save it, evince complains
The peer-to-peer connection failed: Error while getting peer-to-peer dbus connection:...
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Flatpak Desktray Icons
I have three different Flatpak images running on Ubuntu Budgie, which are Remmina, Clementine Music Player and Strawberry Music Player. When they are open, they icons do not show up on the desktop ...
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How do I interpret `flatpak install` output?
I'm simply trying to install Spotify with flatpak install spotify. Here's the output:
Looking for matches…
Found similar ref(s) for ‘spotify’ in remote ‘flathub’ (system).
Use this remote? [Y/n]: y
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Filezilla doesn't run vscode
When using the FileZilla client as an application directory (link), I can right-click an html file on a remote server → View/Edit and it will open in my predefined editor (e.g. VSCode).
BUT if I use ...
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Ubuntu 18.04: Nvidia + Flatpak not working
I upgraded from 16.04 and then installed this https://flatpak.org/setup/Ubuntu/ - It works to find and install flatpaks from the ubuntu software center, but no flatpak app works to launch.
To give ...
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Flatpak: Can't check signature: public key not found
I am using Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS. I installed flatpak from official documentation of flatpak. Now I am trying to install bottles by using this command:
flatpak install flathub com.usebottles.bottles
and ...
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Flatpak app indicators not showing in top panel
Under the GNOME desktop, app indicators for applications installed as Flatpaks are not showing up in the top panel.
App indicators for applications installed as Snaps, as well as through APT, show ...
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How to set default source of a package that exists in multiple sources on gnome-software?
I use ubuntu 20.10 with gnome software, the deb version with snap and flatpak plugins and there are some applications that are available from different sources like the official repo, snap or/and ...
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Flatapak Skype webcam & audio input & output issue
I am unable to setup audio & camera on skype.
Skype webcam & audio input & output issue with the permission.
I tried with command line
flatpak override --user com.skype.Client --socket=...
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installing gslcblas on octave (installed via flatpak)
Installing gslcblas on octave is not a big challenge (see here).
But how can I solve the same problem, when octave is installed via flatpak on Ubuntu 18.04?
>> pkg install -forge gsl
Gtk-...
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Error installing flatpack
After doing this:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexlarsson/flatpak
sudo apt update
sudo apt install flatpak
I am getting this error:
E: Your kernels are unsigned. This system will fail to ...
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No flatpak updates in Ubuntu Software, but I see them in terminal
I don't see the flatpak updates in Ubuntu Software, but after I input flatpak update in the terminal, lots of updates appear, why?
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Sandboxing Steam and it‘s games via Flatpak
I have some questions when I install steam via flatpak.
1st: Is Steam sandboxed ?
2nd: Are the games that I play sandboxed ?
3rd: How the updating of steam and it‘s games works ?
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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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How to run the the latest cli version of Monero?
How would I install v18 of the cli monero wallet?
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@mordor:~$ sudo apt install monero
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state ...
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Flatpak downloads more than originally intended
In the lines number 1, 6, 7, 8 Flatpak downloaded less than initially intended, which is understandable: some parts of the bundle were already present on my system. But why did it download more than ...
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How can I give Android Studio update permissions?
I installed Android Studio using flatpak.
But now I cannot update it because of write permissions. How can I give write permissions to it?
I know about Flatseal but don't know what to turn off or on.
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Unable to sync .var folder
NextCloud desktop client doesn't sync ~/.var folder properly. It only syncs one folder which is:
~/.var/app/com.nextcloud.desktopclient.nextcloud !
I tried to restart sync process but it didn't ...
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Icon missing in tasks witcher and window, (but not in app launcher nor Task Manager)
For several but not all apps (installed with flatpak), there are icons missing in the task switcher and the application window itself. Yet these icons are available in the application launcher and on ...
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Okular (Snap & Flatpak) problem with inverse search
I am on Ubuntu 20.04, and the Okular versions available to me seem to be the following:
apt: 20.04.0
snap: 20.12.3
flatpak: 22.04.03
I would like a version > 20.12, because that allows me to ...
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New telegram windows open as I try to open tg channel via link
When I try to open a tg-channel via link in browser (Firefox 98.0), it proceeds to dialog "Choose an app to open this link". Of course I choose TG, and then strange things happens: new, ...
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Flatpak and Snap apps open vscode instead of the file manager
I am running Kubuntu 20.04 and Flatpak 1.6.5. Dolphin is my default File Manager
when I open a directory from a Flatpak app such as DropBox or Cryptomator, it opens it in Visual Studio Code instead ...
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Dependency problems - probably from flatpak
I installed a flatpak so I could use the new version of Kcalc on kubuntu 18.04. (It has calculation history now which rocks!)
(I know ... I'm going to upgrade kubuntu as soon as I can.)
Everything ...
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Flatpak uninstall fails: assertion failed: (commit != NULL)
I installed PeaZip using Flatpak:
$ flatpak install flathub io.github.peazip.PeaZip
Looking for matches…
Remote ‘flathub’ found in multiple installations:
1) system
2) user
Which do you want ...
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What is /home/me/.local/share/flatpak and how to remove it?
I have a pretty small Ubuntu 20 LTE install. It is essential that it is small, however fully functional with LibreOffice, Thunderbird, etc.
I have noticed recently that /home/me/.local/share/flatpak ...
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Run visual studio code flatpak as normal user
The Visual Studio code flatpak opens as a super user when I type:
flatpak run com.visualstudio.code
How do I make it run on my user account?
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Installation of WPS from Falathub stuck
Installation was stuck here
Looking for matches…
com.wps.Office permissions:
ipc network pulseaudio x11
dri file access [1] tags [2]
[1] /media, /run/...
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Flatpak Libreoffice has blank icons in dock/dash
I installed LibreOffice as a Flatpak in Ubuntu 18.04. The same behavior was observed with the Snap version.
When I open a Writer or a Calc file the icon in the GNOME dash (vertical dock bar on the ...
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Why does the file dialogue for a program (FreeFileSync) show different files than Nautilus?
Today I was saving a file through a program called FreeFileSync and I noticed in the file dialogue that (what appeared to be) my root folder contained a folder called "app" that I've never seen before....
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Why are some snaps missing from Discover searches
I am having a strange issue with Plasma's Discover
Not all snap packages are shown in a search.
If there is only a snap package and a regular Ubuntu (.deb) package it will show both packages.
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High CPU load and temperature after installing Flatpak - Ubuntu 18.04
I did install Flatpak with its official Quick Setup.
Also I've read somewhere else how to setup Nvidia driver on Flatpak (sadly I have an Nvidia Optimus video card!).
Everything was easy and like a ...
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VLC can't play videos in different partition (Ubuntu 17.10)
I recently installed VLC 3 on Ubuntu 17.10 using snaps and I am unable to play videos which are stored on different partition. Videos stored on same partition as ubuntu works fine.
Also previously I ...
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Flatpak hub OS updates
Hi there I installed the flatpak hub and repository but it offered an OS update that i installed however the default Ubuntu repository did not offer this OS update
Why did the flatpak repository offer ...
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Set proxy for a flatpak app
Is there a way I can permanently connect the Flatpak app to Tor (that is accessible with SOCKS5://127.0.0.1:9050) in my laptop to bypass the government censorship?
Specifically, I want to be able to ...
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Flatpak asks for password several times
Using kubuntu 23.10, I enabled flatpak in Discover. Now everything works, including installing an app but everytime I tried, flatpak will ask me for my password several times (around a dozen times or ...
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bottles Flatpak no running wineserver
I'm trying to run an application using bottles and having issues. Starting from the top, I open bottles using: flatpak run com.usebottles.bottles
This seems to work fine, however when I open the ...
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Why does 'flatpak install' change the repo URL?
I am building my own flatpak application in a Focal VM, and it seems to work fine. However, I just created a second Focal VM, and even though it should be identical, it fails in some weird ways. ...
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Starting flatpak inside WSL 2, using X Server on host crashes org.gnome.Epiphany.Devel
Well, I as the title says I have installed flatpak, and org.gnome.Epiphany.Devel inside my WSL 2, and I the app crashes everytime I open it.
Below is the bash script I wrote trying to summarize the ...
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im trying to install flatpak on qemu utm ubuntu mac m1 jammy but i get errors
When I install flatpak (attempt to) I get these errors:
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
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Can't remove flatpak software application anyway
I'm sorry I know there is another question like that here Can't remove Flatpak software application. It is also already answered, nonetheless I couldn't figure out the solution from there. I also ...
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How to give portal access to a Flatpak app using cli
After installing and launching the app com.tomjwatson.Emote I get prompted to give it the Background portal access. I know I can toggle access to a portal conveniently via the Flatseal app, but I am ...
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flatpak run aplication error
i tried to run flatpak apps after install it on terminal but it shown this :
MESA: warning: Kernel 4.1 required to properly query GPU properties.
after I run the run apps code it shown like above.
can ...
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How to Recover Firefox Configuration With Flapak?
I recently updated to Ubuntu 22.04, and therefore, the default firefox was uninstalled (since I uninstalled snap). Nevertheless, the profiles seem to be present:
reichelt@reichelt-desktop:~$ ls ....
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How can I install jmeter 5.5 in ubuntu 22.04 LTS(GNOME 42.5, windowing system->wayland)
I tried installing .zip binary of jmeter from it's official website, but kept showing error. It doesn't install successfully. After then, I tried installing it from flatpak, but couldn't find the bin ...