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Flatpak is the new framework for desktop applications on Linux

Flatpak is the new framework for desktop applications on Linux.

It allows the same app to be installed on different Linux distributions, including different versions. And it has been designed from the ground up with security in mind, so that apps are isolated from each other and from the host system.

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Flatpak - packaging a binary

I am starting with FlatPak. I'm trying to package a binary application (I don't have to build it -is already compiled-). How should I proceed? I manage to download it and check the sha256. I don't know how to tell under sources not to build this…
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Seg-fault when trying to access flathub via Ubuntu on Windows-10

I'm running into a segmentation fault when trying to get started using flatpak and flathub on Ubuntu on Windows 10. My Windows 10 setup is actually a VM running on a Windows 8.1 laptop, but I don't think that's the issue. I was able to get flatpak…
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Desktop file for Flatpak app

I have created a Flatpak app but I don't know how to specify icons and launcher information for my package. The application has a desktop file but get this error message: "Not exporting share/applications/myapp.desktop, wrong prefix" The file is…
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Trying to acces USB drive from Blander in a Flatpak sandbox

I've got Blender 2.79c installed using Flatpak. When trying to load filed from a removable USB drive, I find there's no /mnt nor /media. I'm pretty sure this is because of Flatpak's sandboxing. How is Flatpak supposed to handle this kind of…
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How do I find out which flatpak sdk provides a certain library?

I'm trying my hand at packaging an application using flatpak. The metadata is pretty simple at the moment: [Application] name=io.brackets.App runtime=org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/3.20 sdk=org.gnome.Sdk/x86_64/3.20 command=brackets The application…
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How do I set the version string of my flatpak application?

When I run flatpak list some applications have a version: $ flatpak list Name Application ID Version Branch Origin Installation Cambalache …
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How to build effectively sandboxed flatpaks

After exploring flatpak as a source for desktop apps for a while, I would like to use its optional sandboxing features to isolate some of my applications. The sandboxing feature of flatpak has often been criticized in the past for its lose default…
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how can i tell the python interpreter running inside the flatpak sandbox to use libraries from the main system

I'm creating a Gtk4 application with python bindings on Linux. I'm using flatpak as well. So I'm creating like an extensions/plugins systems where user can define his main module to call in a specific file and later on ill load it. Every thing works…
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Netbeans 15 does not find some apps located in "/bin"

Netbeans 15 can't open firefox or node.js on Linux Mint 21 (Ubuntu 22). It all boils down that it cannot see some apps located in /bin If I go to Tools->General->Webrowser->Edit->Browse... I cannot see firefox or node at the path /bin with the…
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GtkDropDown search not working with plain strings

I'm trying to create a GtkDropDown with a searchbar to sort through a list of timezones. The Gtk4 documentation states GtkDropDown knows how to obtain strings from the items in a GtkStringList which is the model I originally tried to use. It also…
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IntelliJ IDEA Terminal not see commands

I'm using Fedora 35 Linux and I installed IntelliJ IDEA via flatpak, and when I try to use the docker command in the IDEA's terminal window, it gives me the following error message: bash-5.1$ docker bash: docker: command not found In a normal…
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What is "no entry for app..." error in flatpak?

I installed elementary OS. I was trying to download apps with flatpak. I downloaded flatpakref files into "~/Downloads/flatpak/" directory. Then i wrote sudo flatpak install com.discordapp.Discord.flatpakref. I got an error like this error: No entry…
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error while loading shared libraries: libkeybinder-3.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

I'm trying to package a Flutter application for flatpak & created a configuration file too. Everything gets built fine & no errors are shown while building/installing locally But when I try to run the app with flatpak this error is…
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Error when adding matplotlib to flatpak gnome-builder project

I tried to import matplotlib module to my flatpak project by generating modules by flatpak-pip-generator but I got this error when running: Running: pip3 install --verbose --exists-action=i --no-index --find-links="file://${PWD}"…
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how to execute flutter app in Chromium browser on linux?

how to execute flutter app in Chromium in Flat-pack Linux? i tried #CHROME_EXECUTABLE=/snap/bin/chromium; export CHROME_EXECUTABLE but it didn't work.
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