Flatpak
Flatpak is a technology for building and distributing applications with the goal of having a universal package format for all Linux distributons, it is similar to Snap,
This material is work-in-progress ... More documentation and testing is needed, but everything currently here should be safe to follow. |
Setup / Installation
From: https://flatpak.org/setup/Alpine/
To install Flatpak run:
# apk add flatpak
It's recommended to run flatpak as your user, rather than as root. Therefore, add your user to the flatpak group:
# adduser <YourUsername> flatpak
Next you need to add a repository, for this guide we will use the recommended repository, Flathub.
flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
Now reboot to complete setup
Usage
To get all of the available options to use with the flatpak command run: flatpak --help or flatpak -h,
Search
To search for applications run flatpak search <appplicationname>
Example:
Contents of flatpak search chromium
Install
To install a package run flatpak install <applicationname>
Contents of $ flatpak install com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium
or if you dont know or dont want to type the exact package name:
Contents of $ flatpak install chromium
Remove
To remove a package run: flatpak remove <applicationname>
Contents of $ flatpak remove com.github.Eloston.UngoogledChromium
or if you dont know or dont want to type the exact package name:
Contents of $ flatpak remove chromium
Troubleshooting
Permission errors
If you receive errors about permissions then you may need to add your user to the flatpak group, See step two of Setup / Installation.
Fixing audio issues
If you have a minimal setup and don't have access to audio devices you will need to set the XDG_RUNTIME_DIR variable. Save the following script in /etc/profile.d/xdg_runtime_dir.sh and re-login to have it set up properly.
if test -z "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}"; then export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp/$(id -u) fi
When you launch a Flatpak you will need to start pulseaudio as well:
pulseaudio --start && flatpak run com.example.Example