Flatpak app shorcuts are beeing not registered for plasma launchers

General system EndeavourOS installation
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[liveuser@eos-2021.04.17 ~]$ sudo mkdir /mnt/lin
[liveuser@eos-2021.04.17 ~]$ sudo mount /dev/sda5 /mnt/lin
[liveuser@eos-2021.04.17 ~]$ cd /mnt/lin
[liveuser@eos-2021.04.17 lin]$ ls
bin boot dev etc home lib lib64 lost+found media mnt opt proc root run sbin srv swapfile sys tmp usr var vusb

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root:x:0:0::/root:/bin/fish
bin:x:1:1::/:/usr/bin/nologin
daemon:x:2:2::/:/usr/bin/nologin
mail:x:8:12::/var/spool/mail:/usr/bin/nologin
ftp:x:14:11::/srv/ftp:/usr/bin/nologin
http:x:33:33::/srv/http:/usr/bin/nologin
nobody:x:65534:65534:Nobody:/:/usr/bin/nologin
dbus:x:81:81:System Message Bus:/:/usr/bin/nologin
systemd-journal-remote:x:982:982:systemd Journal Remote:/:/usr/bin/nologin
systemd-network:x:981:981:systemd Network Management:/:/usr/bin/nologin
systemd-resolve:x:980:980:systemd Resolver:/:/usr/bin/nologin
systemd-timesync:x:979:979:systemd Time Synchronization:/:/usr/bin/nologin
systemd-coredump:x:978:978:systemd Core Dumper:/:/usr/bin/nologin
uuidd:x:68:68::/:/usr/bin/nologin
git:x:977:977:git daemon user:/:/usr/bin/git-shell
polkitd:x:102:102:PolicyKit daemon:/:/usr/bin/nologin
avahi:x:976:976:Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD daemon:/:/usr/bin/nologin
colord:x:975:975:Color management daemon:/var/lib/colord:/usr/bin/nologin
named:x:40:40:BIND DNS Server:/:/usr/bin/nologin
nm-openvpn:x:974:974:NetworkManager OpenVPN:/:/usr/bin/nologin
openvpn:x:973:973:OpenVPN:/:/usr/bin/nologin
dnsmasq:x:972:972:dnsmasq daemon:/:/usr/bin/nologin
usbmux:x:140:140:usbmux user:/:/usr/bin/nologin
rtkit:x:133:133:RealtimeKit:/proc:/usr/bin/nologin
sddm:x:971:971:Simple Desktop Display Manager:/var/lib/sddm:/usr/bin/nologin
tss:x:970:970:tss user for tpm2:/:/usr/bin/nologin
cups:x:209:209:cups helper user:/:/usr/bin/nologin
andy:x:1000:1000:andy:/home/andy:/bin/fish
flatpak:x:969:969:Flatpak system helper:/:/usr/bin/nologin
geoclue:x:968:968:Geoinformation service:/var/lib/geoclue:/usr/bin/nologin
mysql:x:967:967:MariaDB:/var/lib/mysql:/usr/bin/nologin
saned:x:966:966:SANE daemon user:/:/usr/bin/nologin
deepin-anything-server:x:965:965:Deepin Anthing Server:/:/usr/bin/nologin
deepin_anything_server:x:964:964:Deepin Anything Server:/:/usr/bin/nologin
deepin-sound-player:x:962:962:Deepin Sound Player:/var/lib/deepin-sound-player:/usr/bin/nologin
deepin-daemon:x:963:963:Deepin Daemon:/:/usr/bin/nologin
lightdm:x:961:961:Light Display Manager:/var/lib/lightdm:/usr/bin/nologin
partimag:x:110:110:Partimage user:/:/usr/bin/nologin
systemd-oom:x:959:959:systemd Userspace OOM Killer:/:/usr/bin/nologin
rpc:x:32:32:Rpcbind Daemon:/var/lib/rpcbind:/usr/bin/nologin
nextcloud:x:958:958:Nextcloud user:/:/usr/bin/nologin

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root:x:0:0::/root:/bin/bash

andy:x:1000:1000:andy:/home/andy:/bin/bash
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posted the the passwd file - how I proceed best ?

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Change the two lines as shown above. Basically replace fish with bash in those two lines.

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did it : - ) now reboot i guess ?? : - )

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Yes, go for it!

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you are the best, here am I reporting back from my fresh salvaged eos desktop

and also the flatpak issue solved … thank you all, this is a great community, special thanks to dalto

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Interesting. After reading all this, i think I’m going back to bash and getting rid of fish. I’ve noticed a couple nuances in the last few months.

Lots of really good info here.

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totally agree, learned a few things e.g. best is to keep things simple :slightly_smiling_face:

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