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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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Cleanup flatpak repo folder?

After trying to build the gitg flatpak I noticed my /var/lib/flatpak/repo folder has become very large. I'm assuming these are build files? Is there a good way to clean these up? I'm using Flatpak 1.4.0.
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bwrap: execvp application: No such file or directory (GNOME Builder Flatpak)

When I try to run the GJS GNOME Example application from GNOME Builder 3.32.4 (Flatpak'ed), I get the error: bwrap: execvp : No such file or directory I tried "Clean" and "Rebuild" the project, but with no help. This only happens…
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Can't Select Home Directory for JDK because IntelliJ can't see it?

My system is Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon 64-bit. I've installed IntelliJ-IDEA and Default-jdk (openjdk-8-jdk) using the software manager. I can see what I believe to be the JDK folder under either /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64 or…
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Use latest Mono 5.4 with MonoDevelop Flatpak installation

I've installed MonoDevelop using the official Flatpak package for Linux. However, version of Mono bundled in that package is 5.2. Is there a way to use the latest version of Mono (5.4), which I have already installed on the system?
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Accessing Serial Ports with an Application Runs in Flatpak

I recently updated my IDE to Monodevelop 6 using Flatpak, on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, from an older version 5. I have an application that interacts with serial ports which is basically a USB/RS232 adapter connecting a device to my computer. I have no issue…
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How can I make vscode installed with flatpak able to use internal terminals to run certain programs in the system?

By looking up some information, I know that the programs installed by flatpak are all running in the sandbox. Is there a way to make the sandbox environment search for some of the system environment to type content? The program I want to use in…
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How to make VS-Code Flatpak to detect Docker Snap

In my conquest to make all my apps run from containers, I have, as expected, ran into some problems. I installed VS-Code as a Flatpak and installed the Docker plugin, but the plugin is not able to detect the docker binary because docker is actually…
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flatpak keeps hopping between install and remove on subsequent `flatpak update` runs

When I run flatpak update, it says that the packages org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel and org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default are at end of life and removes them. However, on its next run, it installs them again, and then removes them on its…
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How can I set a flatpak application to run on startup?

I wanted to post this because I didn't find the answer elsewhere and this might just help someone else. I have Slack installed on my Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver via FlatPak and would like to have it launch as soon as I login. Because it is installed…
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Workaround to access library from host /usr/local/lib in Flatpak

We are trying to make a flatpak app for a set of compiled binaries. Some of the compiled binaries are using dlopen() call to access libraries from the /usr/local/lib directory. But unfortunately, flatpak is not exposing the /usr/local/lib directory…
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How do I fix flatpak remote errors?

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…
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Flatpak error pulling runtime org.freedesktop.Platform

I'm on Ubuntu 16.04LTS, and I'm trying to install MonoDevelop through the Flatpak package. I am almost done, only thing missing is the runtime. When I run the following command I get an error: flatpak run com.xamarin.MonoDevelop error:…
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How to read and write on serial ports on Unity Linux through C++ library?

Introduction to the problem I am developing a library in C++ that allows me to communicate with a device connected by USB reading and writing using serial ports, in Windows it works perfectly, but in Linux to be able to communicate with the…
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How to run flatpak app as a systemd service?

I'm using playwright to run automated testing on CentOS 8. Node script are run as systemd services. Chromium is used from the rpm package. But chromium from rpm package has problems with video codec support. I installed chromium from flatpak and…
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How to install flatpak build dependencies?

Trying to build a flatpak for my app, but it needs inkscape in order to build the app (obviously not a dependency of the app at runtime, just a build time). inkscape is installed on the host system, but I understand that flatpak-builder cannot run…
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