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Flatpak
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Flatpak is the new framework for desktop applications on Linux
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Distributing applications on Linux is a pain: different distributions in
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multiple versions, each with their own versions of libraries and packaging
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formats. Flatpak is here to change all that. It allows the same app to be
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installed on different Linux distributions, including different versions. And
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it has been designed from the ground up with security in mind, so that apps
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are isolated from each other and from the host system.
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Some of the examples from http://flatpak.org/#users are relying on polkit
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helpers, that expect a user in the 'wheel' group to have privileges for, but
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default polkit admin rule for slackware is just the root user.
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So, if you run a command like:
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```
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flatpak remote-add --from gnome https://sdk.gnome.org/gnome.flatpakrepo
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flatpak remote-add --from gnome-apps https://sdk.gnome.org/gnome-apps.flatpakrepo
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```
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as a limited user, you will get a polkit prompt for root's password. This is
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because the default location for establishing these repos is in
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`/var/lib/flatpak` and requires admin privileges.
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You can optionally add the flag `--user` to flatpak commands, and it will
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instead manage the repos in `~/.local/share/flatpak`.
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There are examples of flatpak runtimes and applications on their wiki:
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https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/wiki/Examples
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The to have desktop launchers search by desktops like KDE and XFCE, it will
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require a logout, as /etc/profile.d/flatpak.sh will need to be sourced.
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