Questions tagged [flatpak]

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 (flatpak-build) fatal error when building submodules

Following on from here, when using OpenSUSE Tumbleweed I cannot get flatpak-builder to compile submodule dependencies. I first noticed this issue when developing a console application within Gnome Builder using the Vala dependencies Gee and…
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How do I launch doxygen/perl from Monodevelop on linux/flatpak?

I have a mono-based project that is developed on Linux. Is there some trick to getting custom build steps to run in Monodevelop 7 packaged in flatpak? The custom build steps that build the doxygen documentation and package it up do not launch.…
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Unable to get Monodevelop using FlatPak in Ubuntu to run ASP.NET site

When trying to launch and ASP.NET site in Monodevelop (installed via Flatpak, latest stable version) I get the following error when it tries to start up the browser: I'm using Xubuntu 16.04 (XFCE based version of…
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Debug in MonoDevelop Flatpak

just installed MonoDevelop flatpak in Debian i run it with flatpak run com.xamarin.MonoDevelop The problem is that im getting a error when debugging a simple console project: "Cannot execute "/home/unknow/Projects/test/test/bin/Debug/test.exe" …
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flatpak compile depedencies - permissions denied

I'm creating a flatpak package for vlc. Since flatpak runs in sandbox and vlc depends on lua -> guile -> bdw-gc -> libunistring. I have to first compile all these dependencies into flatpak sandbox. However bdw-gc and libunistring`` compile…
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Can't run Pitivi after installation getting flatpak error

I have installed the Pitivi video editor as the instruction given here , but I can't launch "Pitivi" from application menu, and even it is not listed there. When I run the flatpak list it show the org.pitivi.Pitivi as installed app, but when I tried…
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What is the purpose of XDG_CONFIG_HOME in Flatpak applications config directory?

I started developing an application to backup Flatpak applications. According to Flatpak documentation, application configs are default located in ~/.var/app//config. What I don't understand though is that the base directories of this path…
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Cannot build flatpak-builder beacuse no appstream.compose?

I cannot find appstream.compose module. It is needed for flatpak-builder: $ meson setup _build (git)-[main] $ meson install -C _build The Meson build system Version: 1.1.1 Source dir:…
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Flatpak fails to generate .flatpakref

I am trying to package my flatpak package into a .flatpakref for uploading into flathub. Here's my xml: com.sebicodes.Prt GNU General…
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How to inspect the contents of a Flatpak runtime?

flatpak install flathub org.kde.Platform//5.15-22.08 This sample command would install the KDE Platform Runtime. But how do I check what's inside of it? E.g. what binaries or libraries it contains (possibly after installation).
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After qutebrowser flatpak installed, qute-pass quit working

I installed qutebrowser via flatpak to try to keep pain with the Qt web libary to a minumum, and it's working great, except that suddenly, the qute-pass userscript no longer works. It says it tried the correct domains but could find no entries. If…
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flatpak: symbol lookup error: flatpak: undefined symbol: g_string_free_and_steal

I accidentally uninstalled flatpak and on reinstalling it shows an error. ---- flatpak: symbol lookup error: flatpak: undefined symbol: g_string_free_and_steal ---- The option to enable flatpak support is missing in the software manager…
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WebStorm doesn't show some directories on Linux so I can't run terminal with node

I am using Linux Mint and cannot run node in WebStorm. This is because WebStorm not sees the node directory. How can I solve this problem? I gave read-write permission with the chmod command but it still didn't show up.
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How do I see what a Flatpak app is trying to do?

I am running a Flatpak app and I'm trying to do some specific operation using it. The operation fails - presumably because Flatpak denies it access to something, as designed. But I actually want this operation to succeed - or at least, to do it…
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Why does the git client open local repositories in the /run/ folder?

I have a repository in a folder /var/www/. Through the git client, I select this folder as "open an existing repository", but the repository opens as if it is located in the /run/ directory. This did not happen on the old computer. And now I have a…
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