Flatpak

This material is work-in-progress ... More documentation and testing required. (Last edited by Guest09248 on 7 Dec 2021.)

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
• Winepak