What's in your flatpak list?

General system Applications
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[drunkenvicar@endeavour ~]$ flatpak list
Name Application ID Version Branch Installation
Epson Scan 2 net.epson.epsonscan2 6.7.82.0 stable system
Freedesktop Platform org.freedesktop.Platform freedesktop-sdk-25.08.10 25.08 system
Mesa org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 26.0.5 25.08 system
Mesa (Extra) org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 26.0.5 25.08-extra system
Intel VAAPI driver org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel 25.08 system
Codecs Extra Extension org.freedesktop.Platform.codecs-extra 25.08-extra system
Arc-Dark Gtk theme org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Arc-Dark 3.22 system
KDE Application Platform org.kde.Platform 5.15-25.08 system
Zoom us.zoom.Zoom 7.0.0.1666 stable system

I only installed 2 apps: the first entry and the last entry.

Amazing at the detritus Flatpak drags in. Wasn’t always this way.

General comment: the AUR -bin versions of these apps are subpar (don’t work, barely work, respectively) on my system. Hence my need for the flatpaks.

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Hytale Launcher             com.hypixel.HytaleLauncher               master      hytalelauncher-origin user

fooyin                      org.fooyin.fooyin                0.10.3  stable      flathub               user

Mesa                        …freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 26.0.5  25.08       flathub               user

Mesa (Extra)                …freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 26.0.5  25.08-extra flathub               user

Codecs Extra Extension      …eedesktop.Platform.codecs-extra         25.08-extra flathub               user

GNOME Application Platform… org.gnome.Platform                       49          flathub               user

Breeze GTK theme            org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Breeze         6.6.4   3.22        flathub               user

KDE Application Platform    org.kde.Platform                         6.10        flathub               user
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fooyin’s one of those players i always assumed was in /extra, it’s not :slight_smile:

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$ flatpak list
bash: flatpak: command not found

:sweat_smile:

One day maybe. My approach at the moment is if it’s not in the AUR, I’ll create a PKGBUILD for it myself. If it’s something I’m likely to keep using, I might even push that PKGBUILD to the AUR.

If I encounter a sub-par PKGBUILD, I might provide feedback, and fix it locally if it’s within my capabilities.

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Seems I’m not the only one.

 flatpak list
bash: flatpak: command not found
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flatpaks
flatpaks808Ă—602 115 KB

Not that I have anything against flatpaks, I’ve just never found any reason to use them :man_shrugging:.

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no, only in the AUR

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See, I’ve found a few reasons …

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The only flatpak I have installed is the Steam client (and it’s associated deps). I hear that the new version in beta will remove the multilib requirement and it can finally move to Extras rep.

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>>> flatpak list
zsh: command not found: flatpak

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└─> type -a flatpak
flatpak not found
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Same here, i tried it once and i cannot outstand all the big files on my system. Nvidia drivers for sample, why not use the ones already installed on the system ? Nope i need to download the flatpak version as well. It’s wasting alot of space.

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Huuh

─❯  flatpak list           
zsh: command not found: flatpak
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I have Flathub itself installed. I just haven’t needed to install anything that wasn’t available via Arch repos or AUR. I guess I have it ready in case something doesn’t work and then maybe test the Flatpak version.

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❯ flatpak list
Name                                                Application ID                                          Version                               Branch                   Installation
Discord                                             com.discordapp.Discord                                  0.0.135                               stable                   system
Flatseal                                            com.github.tchx84.Flatseal                              2.4.0                                 stable                   system
Steam                                               com.valvesoftware.Steam                                 1.0.0.85                              stable                   system
E:D Market Connector                                io.edcd.EDMarketConnector                               6.1.2                                 stable                   system
Freedesktop Platform                                org.freedesktop.Platform                                freedesktop-sdk-25.08.10              25.08                    system
i386                                                org.freedesktop.Platform.Compat.i386                                                          25.08                    system
Mesa                                                org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default                     26.0.5                                25.08                    system
Mesa (Extra)                                        org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default                     26.0.5                                25.08-extra              system
Mesa                                                org.freedesktop.Platform.GL32.default                   26.0.5                                25.08                    system
Mesa (Extra)                                        org.freedesktop.Platform.GL32.default                   26.0.5                                25.08-extra              system
Codecs Extra Extension                              org.freedesktop.Platform.codecs-extra                                                         25.08-extra              system
i386                                                org.freedesktop.Platform.codecs_extra.i386                                                    25.08-extra              system
GNOME Application Platform version 49               org.gnome.Platform                                                                            49                       system
Apostrophe                                          org.gnome.gitlab.somas.Apostrophe                       3.4                                   stable                   system
Adwaita dark GTK theme                              org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Adwaita-dark                                                                3.22                     system
KDE Application Platform                            org.kde.Platform                                                                              6.10                     system
Okular                                              org.kde.okular                                          26.04.0                               stable                   system
LocalSend                                           org.localsend.localsend_app                             1.17.0                                stable                   system

My relationship with Flatpaks is complicated. On one hand, I like the idea of getting the program directly from the developers, but on the other hand flatpaks are sold as sandboxed and more secure but they are really not

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 thefrog@thepad:~  flatpak list
bash: flatpak: command not found