flatpak

Run an installed application

$ flatpak run com.example.app

$ flatpak install flathub com.example.app

$ flatpak list --app

$ flatpak update

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

$ flatpak remove com.example.app

$ flatpak remove --unused

$ flatpak info com.example.app

flatpak [OPTION...] {COMMAND}

flatpak is a tool for managing applications and their associated runtimes. It enables building and distributing applications independently from the host system while providing sandbox isolation at runtime. The system supports both system-wide and per-user installation modes.

-h, --help

Show help options and exit

Show debug information (use -vv for more detail)

Print version information and exit

Print the default architecture and exit

Print supported architectures in order of priority

Print the list of active GL drivers

Print paths of system installations

Print environment variables needed to use flatpak

System-wide data is stored in $prefix/var/lib/flatpak/, while per-user data is in $HOME/.local/share/flatpak/. Flatpak uses OSTree repositories internally which can be manipulated directly using the ostree utility.

flatpak was originally developed as xdg-app by Alexander Larsson at Red Hat and was renamed to Flatpak in 2016. It provides a distribution-agnostic packaging format for Linux desktop applications.

flatpak-install(1), flatpak-run(1), flatpak-remote-add(1), ostree(1)