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(Last edited by Atka on 25 Sep 2020.)

Flatpak is a technology for building and distributing desktop applications on GNU/Linux.

There are currently 3 main runtimes available:

Freedesktop
- GNOME (based on the Freedesktop runtime)
- KDE (based on the Freedesktop runtime)

These are all hosted on Flathub.org.

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

flatpak.org
Alpine Quick Setup. Follow these simple steps to start using Flatpak
The flatpak command
Flatpak – a history Alexander Larsson 2018

winepak.org
How to Easily Install Windows Games on Linux with Winepak Nick Congleton 2018

Why OS needs explicit support for musl? Stephen Kitt 2018

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 When you launch a Flatpak you will need to start pulseaudio as well:
 {{Cmd|pulseaudio --start && flatpak run com.example.Example}}
-Note: some Flatpaks require dbus and pulseaudio, using apulse or pipewire will need testing. I have only tested the above solution with Flatpaks installed as --user.
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