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apt upgrades to flatpak 1.12.7 instead of 1.14.4

Need flatpak 1.14.4 on Ubuntu 22.04, but apt installs flatpak 1.12.7 as latest I want flatpak 1.14.4 for the resolution of this issue when attempting to run kmail on WSL Ubuntu. When I run sudo apt upgrade flatpak, it says that the latest version of flatpak is 1.12.7-1. flatpak 1.14.4 was released in March, so …

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Apps do not show content Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Apps using Webkit, like Foliate, Wike, Caveliar or GNOME Web do not show content Ubuntu 22.04 with NVIDIA graphics This only seems to happen to snaps and flatpaks (not even AppImages). Several apps like Wike, Foliate, Cavalier (Snaps), Wike-Flatpak, and even GNOME Web (Flatpak) run but then show no content / do anything. The app …

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Flatpak app can’t open links

Flatpak app can’t open links I don’t know much about flatpak, so not sure where to look for. I can’t open links from thunderbird flatpak to firefox flatpak. I’ve looked around it seems that it should be an problem with portals. Yet, when I try to debug with flatpak run –log-session-bus org.gnome.Maps, the logs don’t seem …

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Why does Flatpak not require a password?

Why does Flatpak not require a password? Flatpack is installing software, right? Example: my distro (Ubuntu based) installed Brave and Chrome browser updates today, no password was required. Isn’t sudo, or otherwise admin access, required to make system changes? Asked By: Paulb || Source The per-user data is located under $HOME/.local/share/flatpak/, it doesn’t require sudo. …

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How to access the manpage fo a flatpak application?

How to access the manpage fo a flatpak application? Where does one find the manpage of a flatpak application? For example, I know that Thunderbird usually has a manpage. However, I have tried the following two commands to no avail. [user ~]$ man thunderbird No manual entry for thunderbird [user ~]$ flatpak run –command="bash" org.mozilla.Thunderbird …

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How to force flatpak output to be in a table, even when stdout is piped?

How to force flatpak output to be in a table, even when stdout is piped? flatpak prints output as a table: $ flatpak search firefox Name Description Application ID Version Branch Remotes Firefox Fast, Private & Safe Web Browser org.mozilla.firefox 116.0.2 stable flathub Mullvad B… Free the internet from mass surveillance …ullvad.MullvadBrowser 12.5.2 stable flathub …

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configuring a flatpak app (BlackBox) as the default terminal

configuring a flatpak app (BlackBox) as the default terminal So I recently installed the BlackBox terminal. I like it, and would like to set it as the default terminal. However, it’s installed through flatpak and when I try running sudo update-alternatives –config x-terminal-emulator it does not appear as an option: I saw that you can …

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Flatpak applications borked under NixOS

Flatpak applications borked under NixOS I just migrated from Arch Linux to NixOS. I configured the system to install GNOME. I’m used to install desktop applications using Flatpak, so I went ahead and configured everything…just to realize almost all Flatpak applications are borked and are unable to display the correct theme, fonts, and icons. This …

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Is there an equivalent snap command to the Flatpak's `permission-show` and `permission-set`?

Is there an equivalent snap command to the Flatpak's `permission-show` and `permission-set`? I am asking, because I have to handle a permission problem with a Firefox webextension and the sandboxed Firefox in Ubuntu 22.04. (See https://github.com/mi-g/vdhcoapp/issues/139) The solution turns out to be, I have to grant permission for Firefox to use that webextension. But I …

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Does Flatpak support command-line applications?

Does Flatpak support command-line applications? I’m browsing Flathub. It contains thousands of apps, installable using Flatpak. All the apps on there seem to have a GUI. Are there any that are simple apps with a CLI (command-line interface)? Does Flatpak support CLI apps? If I wanted to publish a CLI app to Flathub, would that …

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Why doesn't Brave resolve DNS rewrites?

Why doesn't Brave resolve DNS rewrites? I have set up AdGuard Home and pointed my router to the AGH instance in order to block ads etc. I have created a couple of DNS rewrites so that I enter an address to my liking and one of these is homeserv.local -> 192.168.0.40. Now, there seems to …

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flatpak program – add to path such that terminal knows the program

flatpak program – add to path such that terminal knows the program I can usually fire op blender via the terminal by executing blender. This worked out of the box, when using snap. However, the version in snap was very old so I found a newer version in flatpak. Blender is installed with flatpak only …

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What are these Nvidia flatpak packages?

What are these Nvidia flatpak packages? On Linux Mint (updated and upgraded regularly) current version 21.1 Vera, apart from regular system and "normally" installed applications, I also periodically check for graphics card driver updates on the Nvidia main driver page, and if there is an update for Linux, I check with apt-cache policy … for …

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How to match flatpak themes with GNOME dark theme?

How to match flatpak themes with GNOME dark theme? I’m a beginner with Linux and I think I messed up the command lines when I tried to match flatpak apps with ubuntu’s dark theme because not only it didn’t work but now flatpak apps look ugly (a bit as if they came from 2010). I …

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How do I get rid of these leftover flatpak files?

How do I get rid of these leftover flatpak files? I wanted to try out Tauon Music Box, so I installed the flatpak version, didn’t quite like it so I removed it with the following: flatpak uninstall com.github.taiko2k.tauonmb but when I search for it with: locate tauon I found these files: /var/lib/flatpak/appstream/flathub/x86_64/7cbba18599d341ff2e031150b5ab4bec37c8dd2474b7d3421094c64f8f86fa1e/icons/128×128/com.github.taiko2k.tauonmb.png /var/lib/flatpak/appstream/flathub/x86_64/7cbba18599d341ff2e031150b5ab4bec37c8dd2474b7d3421094c64f8f86fa1e/icons/64×64/com.github.taiko2k.tauonmb.png /var/lib/flatpak/repo/refs/heads/deploy/app/com.github.taiko2k.tauonmb /var/lib/flatpak/repo/refs/heads/deploy/app/com.github.taiko2k.tauonmb/x86_64 …

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Flatpak doesn't find existing apps on Flathub for installation

Flatpak doesn't find existing apps on Flathub for installation I’m using Flatpak 1.10.7 on Debian 11 (32 bit) and it can’t seem to find anything on Flathub for me to install. I set up Flathub according to their instructions and then run e.g. $ flatpak install flathub tv.kodi.Kodi: Looking for matches… error: Nothing matches tv.kodi.Kodi …

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Why is the Breeze theme a flatpak

Why was the Breeze theme installed as a flatpak in my system? The Breeze theme is a standard theme installed on Kubuntu 20.04.2. Why was a flatpak version of the theme installed in my system? I want to use flatpaks as little as possible. Is there a .deb version of the Breeze theme that can …

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Does flatpak uninstall have purge option like apt

Does flatpak uninstall have purge option like apt Does flatpak have a uninstallation "purge" option like apt? Purpose: to uninstall an app, and all config files. Asked By: lonix || Source When flatpak removes an app, it removes the entire sandbox directory so everything related to the app is removed. This doesn’t include home directory …

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