nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/desktops/flatpak.xml

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 <title>Flatpak</title>
 <para>
  <emphasis>Source:</emphasis> <filename>modules/services/desktop/flatpak.nix</filename>
 </para>
 <para>
  <emphasis>Upstream documentation:</emphasis> <link xlink:href="https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/wiki"/>
 </para>
 <para>
  Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux.
 </para>
 <para>
  To enable Flatpak, add the following to your <filename>configuration.nix</filename>:
<programlisting>
  <xref linkend="opt-services.flatpak.enable"/> = true;
</programlisting>
 </para>
 <para>
  For the sandboxed apps to work correctly, desktop integration portals need to be installed. If you run GNOME, this will be handled automatically for you; in other cases, you will need to add something like the following to your <filename>configuration.nix</filename>:
<programlisting>
  <xref linkend="opt-xdg.portal.extraPortals"/> = [ pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk ];
</programlisting>
 </para>
 <para>
  Then, you will need to add a repository, for example, <link xlink:href="https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/wiki">Flathub</link>, either using the following commands:
<screen>
<prompt>$ </prompt>flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
<prompt>$ </prompt>flatpak update
</screen>
  or by opening the <link xlink:href="https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo">repository file</link> in GNOME Software.
 </para>
 <para>
  Finally, you can search and install programs:
<screen>
<prompt>$ </prompt>flatpak search bustle
<prompt>$ </prompt>flatpak install flathub org.freedesktop.Bustle
<prompt>$ </prompt>flatpak run org.freedesktop.Bustle
</screen>
  Again, GNOME Software offers graphical interface for these tasks.
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