- The advantage of using something like Flatpak on Ubuntu is that you don’t have to worry about dependencies as a Flatpak is meant to be completely self-contained.
- In this guide, we focus on how you can install Flatpak and use it across various Linux distributions. Installing Flatpak is a 2-step procedure.
- Examples (TL;DR)
- Install an application from a remote source: flatpak install remote name
- List installed applications, ignoring runtimes: flatpak list --app
- tool. Flatpak supports installing from sideload repos. These are. partial copies of a repository (generated by flatpak create-usb).
- That’s all about Flatpak. Now, let’s start its installation guide on Ubuntu 20.04. Firstly, ensure that you are using the terminal as a ‘superuser’.
- Usually, we can get a Flatpak package via 3 different ways: download from software website, using direct URL link, or from a software repository (e.g., Flathub).
- I’ll first show you how to install a Flatpak package from the command line, and then via the GUI. Let’s say you want to install the Spotify desktop client via Flatpak.
- The need for a uniform packaging format was felt, resulting in Flatpak and others. Today we’ll see how you can enable or install Flatpak on Ubuntu.
- The second step is optional if you want to install Flatpak apps via the browser. Enable Ubuntu Software to recognize Flatpak apps and their installations.
- Flatpak, yeni bir evrensel paketleme formatıdır. Flatpak’i etkinleştirmek, birçok Linux uygulamasının kolay kurulumuna erişmenizi sağlayacaktır.