How do I fix flatpak remote errors?

Question

I installed flatpak via the command lines on their website and then proceeded to add the remote repository as instructed, but when I try to install something it says to specify a remote. I was trying to install inkscape from flathub.

Here are the command lines I used:

sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

I also tried without sudo

To download the ref file:

wget https://www.flathub.org/apps/details/org.videolan.VLC

To install:

 flatpak install org.videolan.VLC

Error Message:

error: REMOTE and REF must be specified

I think question and answer should be moved to https://askubuntu.com — Dimitrios Desyllas, Mar 26 '19 at 21:48
[Related question](https://superuser.com/questions/1755709/getting-this-error-when-trying-to-use-flatpak-no-remote-refs-found-similar-to) — Nils Lindemann, Apr 27 '23 at 01:11

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 27 '19 at 03:13

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Try:

flatpak install flathub org.videolan.VLC

"flathub" is the name of the missing REMOTE you added in your first step.

answered Jan 27 '19 at 03:13

CrazyPyro

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