Revision as of 18:20, 13 December 2022 by User4708(talk | contribs)(Removed repeated "adduser <YourUsername> flatpak" and replaced it with a link back to step 2 of Setup / Installation which already covers this.)
More documentation and testing is needed, but everything currently here should be safe to follow. (Last edited by
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Flatpak is a technology for building and distributing applications with the goal of having a universal package format for all Linux distributons, it is similar to Snap,
Note: graphical installation of Flatpak apps may not be possible with Alpine.
Usage
To get all of the available options to use with the flatpak command run: flatpak --help or flatpak -h,
Search
To search for applications run flatpak search <appplicationname>
Example:
Contents of flatpak search chromium
Name Description Application ID Version Branch Remotes
Chromium Web Browser The web browser from Chromium project org.chromium.Chromium 96.0.4664.93 stable flathub
Chromium B.S.U. Fast paced, arcade-style, top-scrolling space shooter net.sourceforge.chromium-bsu 0.9.16.1 stable flathub
ungoogled-chromium A lightweight approach to removing Google web service dependency com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium 96.0.4664.45 stable flathub
Install
To install a package run flatpak install <applicationname>
Contents of $ flatpak install com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium
Looking for matches…
com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium permissions:
ipc network cups pulseaudio wayland x11
devices file access [1] dbus access [2] bus ownership [3] system dbus access [4]
[1] /run/.heim_org.h5l.kcm-socket, home, xdg-run/pipewire-0
[2] org.freedesktop.FileManager1, org.freedesktop.Notifications, org.freedesktop.secrets, org.gnome.SessionManager
[3] org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.chromium.*
[4] org.freedesktop.Avahi, org.freedesktop.UPower
ID Branch Op Remote Download
1. com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium.Codecs stable i flathub < 1.1 MB
2. com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium.Locale stable i flathub < 112.8 kB
3. com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium stable i flathub < 119.0 MB
Proceed with these changes to the system installation? [Y/n]:
or if you dont know or dont want to type the exact package name:
Contents of $ flatpak install chromium
Looking for matches…
Similar refs found for ‘chromium’ in remote ‘flathub’ (system):
1) app/net.sourceforge.chromium-bsu/x86_64/stable
2) runtime/com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium.Codecs/x86_64/stable
3) runtime/org.chromium.Chromium.Codecs/x86_64/stable
4) app/org.chromium.Chromium/x86_64/stable
5) app/com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium/x86_64/stable
Which do you want to use (0 to abort)? [0-5]:
Remove
To remove a package run: flatpak remove <applicationname>
Contents of $ flatpak remove com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium
ID Branch Op
1. com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium stable r
2. com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium.Codecs stable r
3. com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium.Locale stable r
Proceed with these changes to the system installation? [Y/n]:
or if you dont know or dont want to type the exact package name:
Contents of $ flatpak remove chromium
Similar installed refs found for ‘chromium’:
1) app/com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium/x86_64/stable (system)
2) runtime/com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium.Codecs/x86_64/stable (system)
3) All of the above
Which do you want to use (0 to abort)? [0-3]:
If you receive errors about permissions then you may need to add your user to the flatpak group, see step two of Setup / Installation.
Note: You may need to log out and log back in or reboot for the group change(s) to take effect
Fixing audio issues
If you have a minimal setup and don't have access to audio devices you will need to set the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR variable. Save the following script in /etc/profile.d/xdg_runtime_dir.sh and re-login to have it set up properly.
if test -z "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}"; then
export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp/$(id -u)
fi
When you launch a Flatpak you will need to start pulseaudio as well:
pulseaudio --start && flatpak run com.example.Example