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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

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-* [https://flatpak.org/ flatpak.org]
+* [https://flatpak.org/ flatpak.org Flatpak]
-* [https://flatpak.org/setup/Alpine/ Alpine Quick Setup. Follow these simple steps to start using Flatpak]
+* [https://winepak.org/ winepak.org Winepak]
-* [http://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/using-flatpak.html#the-flatpak-command The flatpak command]
-* [https://blogs.gnome.org/alexl/2018/06/20/flatpak-a-history/ Flatpak – a history] Alexander Larsson 2018
-* [https://winepak.org/ winepak.org]
-* [http://archive.is/BzBfV How to Easily Install Windows Games on Linux with Winepak] Nick Congleton 2018
-* [https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/487787/why-os-needs-explicit-support-for-musl Why OS needs explicit support for musl?] Stephen Kitt 2018
 [[Category:Flatpak]]
 [[category: desktop]]