Flatpak Command Reference¶
Important
The command reference is generated from the flatpak repo; see https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/tree/main/doc
Flatpak comes with a rich commandline interface.
Table of Contents
- Executables
- flatpak — Build, install and run applications and runtimes
- Commands
- flatpak build-bundle — Create a single-file bundle from a local repository
- flatpak build-commit-from — Create new commits based on existing one (possibly from another repository)
- flatpak build-export — Create a repository from a build directory
- flatpak build-finish — Finalize a build directory
- flatpak build-import-bundle — Import a file bundle into a local repository
- flatpak build-init — Initialize a build directory
- flatpak build-sign — Sign an application or runtime
- flatpak build-update-repo — Create a repository from a build directory
- flatpak build — Build in a directory
- flatpak config — Manage configuration
- flatpak create-usb — Copy apps and/or runtimes onto removable media.
- flatpak document-export — Export a file to a sandboxed application
- flatpak document-info — Show information about exported files
- flatpak documents — List exported files
- flatpak document-unexport — Stop exporting a file
- flatpak enter — Enter an application or runtime's sandbox
- flatpak history — Show history
- flatpak info — Show information about an installed application or runtime
- flatpak install — Install an application or runtime
- flatpak kill — Stop a running application
- flatpak list — List installed applications and/or runtimes
- flatpak make-current — Make a specific version of an app current
- flatpak override — Override application requirements
- flatpak permission-remove — Remove permissions
- flatpak permissions — List permissions
- flatpak permission-show — Show permissions
- flatpak permission-reset — Reset permissions
- flatpak permission-set — Set permissions
- flatpak ps — Enumerate running instances
- flatpak remote-add — Add a remote repository
- flatpak remote-delete — Delete a remote repository
- flatpak remote-info — Show information about an application or runtime in a remote
- flatpak remote-ls — Show available runtimes and applications
- flatpak remote-modify — Modify a remote repository
- flatpak remotes — List remote repositories
- flatpak repair — Repair a flatpak installation
- flatpak repo — Show information about a local repository
- flatpak run — Run an application or open a shell in a runtime
- flatpak search — Search for applications and runtimes
- flatpak uninstall — Uninstall an application or runtime
- flatpak update — Update an application or runtime
- flatpak spawn — Run commands in a sandbox
- File Formats
- flatpakrepo — Reference to a remote
- flatpakref — Reference to a remote for an application or runtime
- flatpak installation — Configuration for an installation location
- flatpak metadata — Information about an application or runtime
- flatpak remote — Configuration for a remote
Table of Contents
- flatpak — Build, install and run applications and runtimes
Name
flatpak — Build, install and run applications and runtimes
Synopsis
flatpak
[OPTION...] {COMMAND}
Description
Flatpak is a tool for managing applications and the runtimes they use. In the Flatpak model, applications can be built and distributed independently from the host system they are used on, and they are isolated from the host system ('sandboxed') to some degree, at runtime.
Flatpak can operate in system-wide or per-user mode. The system-wide
data (runtimes, applications and configuration) is located in
$prefix/var/lib/flatpak/
, and the per-user
data is in $HOME/.local/share/flatpak/
.
Below these locations, there is a local repository in the
repo/
subdirectory and installed runtimes
and applications are in the corresponding runtime/
and app/
subdirectories.
System-wide remotes can be statically preconfigured by dropping
flatpakrepo(5) files into /etc/flatpak/remotes.d/
.
In addition to the system-wide installation in $prefix/var/lib/flatpak/
,
which is always considered the default one unless overridden, more
system-wide installations can be defined via configuration files in
/etc/flatpak/installations.d/
, which must define
at least the id of the installation and the absolute path to it.
Other optional parameters like DisplayName ,
Priority or StorageType
are also supported.
Flatpak uses OSTree to distribute and deploy data. The repositories it uses are OSTree repositories and can be manipulated with the ostree utility. Installed runtimes and applications are OSTree checkouts.
Basic commands for building flatpaks such as build-init, build and build-finish are included in the flatpak utility. For higher-level build support, see the separate flatpak-builder(1) tool.
Flatpak supports installing from sideload repos. These are partial
copies of a repository (generated by flatpak create-usb) that are used as
an installation source when offline (and online as a performance improvement).
Such repositories are configured by creating symlinks to the sideload sources
in the sideload-repos
subdirectory of the installation directory (i.e. typically
/var/lib/flatpak/sideload-repos
or
~/.local/share/flatpak/sideload-repos
). Additionally
symlinks can be created in /run/flatpak/sideload-repos
which is a better location for non-persistent sources (as it is cleared on reboot). These symlinks
can point to either the directory given to flatpak create-usb which by default
writes to the subpath .ostree/repo
, or directly to an ostree repo.
Options
The following global options are understood. Individual commands have their own options.
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-v
,--verbose
Show debug information during command processing. Use -vv for more detail.
--ostree-verbose
Show OSTree debug information during command processing.
--version
Print version information and exit.
--default-arch
Print the default arch and exit.
--supported-arches
Print the supported arches in priority order and exit.
--gl-drivers
Print the list of active gl drivers and exit.
--installations
Print paths of system installations and exit.
--print-system-only
When the flatpak --print-updated-env command is run, only print the environment for system flatpak installations, not including the user’s home installation.
--print-updated-env
Print the set of environment variables needed to use flatpaks, amending the current set of environment variables. This is intended to be used in a systemd environment generator, and should not need to be run manually.
Commands
Commands for managing installed applications and runtimes:
- flatpak-install(1)
Install an application or a runtime from a remote or bundle.
- flatpak-update(1)
Update an installed application or runtime.
- flatpak-uninstall(1)
Uninstall an installed application or runtime.
- flatpak-mask(1)
Mask out updates and automatic installation.
- flatpak-pin(1)
Pin runtimes to prevent automatic removal.
- flatpak-list(1)
List installed applications and/or runtimes.
- flatpak-info(1)
Show information for an installed application or runtime.
- flatpak-history(1)
Show history.
- flatpak-config(1)
Manage flatpak configuration.
- flatpak-repair(1)
Repair flatpak installation.
- flatpak-create-usb(1)
Copy apps and/or runtimes onto removable media.
Commands for finding applications and runtimes:
- flatpak-search(1)
Search for applications and runtimes.
Commands for managing running applications:
- flatpak-run(1)
Run an application.
- flatpak-kill(1)
Stop a running application.
- flatpak-override(1)
Override permissions for an application.
- flatpak-make-current(1)
Specify the default version to run.
- flatpak-enter(1)
Enter the namespace of a running application.
Commands for managing file access:
- flatpak-document-export(1)
Grant an application access to a specific file.
- flatpak-document-unexport(1)
Revoke access to a specific file.
- flatpak-document-info(1)
Show information about a specific file.
- flatpak-documents(1)
List exported files.
Commands for managing the dynamic permission store:
- flatpak-permission-remove(1)
Remove item from permission store.
- flatpak-permissions(1)
List permissions.
- flatpak-permission-show(1)
Show app permissions.
- flatpak-permission-reset(1)
Reset app permissions.
- flatpak-permission-set(1)
Set app permissions.
Commands for managing remote repositories:
- flatpak-remotes(1)
List all configured remote repositories.
- flatpak-remote-add(1)
Add a new remote repository.
- flatpak-remote-modify(1)
Modify properties of a configured remote repository.
- flatpak-remote-delete(1)
Delete a configured remote repository.
- flatpak-remote-ls(1)
List contents of a configured remote repository.
- flatpak-remote-info(1)
Show information about a ref in a configured remote repository.
Commands for building applications:
- flatpak-build-init(1)
Initialize a build directory.
- flatpak-build(1)
Run a build command in a build directory.
- flatpak-build-finish(1)
Finalizes a build directory for export.
- flatpak-build-export(1)
Export a build directory to a repository.
- flatpak-build-bundle(1)
Create a bundle file from a ref in a local repository.
- flatpak-build-import-bundle(1)
Import a file bundle into a local repository.
- flatpak-build-sign(1)
Sign an application or runtime after its been exported.
- flatpak-build-update-repo(1)
Update the summary file in a repository.
- flatpak-build-commit-from(1)
Create a new commit based on an existing ref.
- flatpak-repo(1)
Print information about a repo.
Commands available inside the sandbox:
- flatpak-spawn(1)
Run a command in another sandbox.
File formats
File formats that are used by Flatpak commands:
- flatpakref(5)
Reference to a remote for an application or runtime
- flatpakrepo(5)
Reference to a remote
- flatpak-remote(5)
Configuration for a remote
- flatpak-installation(5)
Configuration for an installation location
- flatpak-metadata(5)
Information about an application or runtime
Environment
Besides standard environment variables such as XDG_DATA_DIRS
and
XDG_DATA_HOME
, flatpak is consulting some of its own.
FLATPAK_USER_DIR
The location of the per-user installation. If this is not set,
$XDG_DATA_HOME/flatpak
is used.FLATPAK_SYSTEM_DIR
The location of the default system-wide installation. If this is not set,
/var/lib/flatpak
is used (unless overridden at build time by --localstatedir or --with-system-install-dir).FLATPAK_SYSTEM_CACHE_DIR
The location where temporary child repositories will be created during pulls into the system-wide installation. If this is not set, a directory in
/var/tmp/
is used. This is useful because it is more likely to be on the same filesystem as the system repository (thus increasing the chances for e.g. reflink copying), and we can avoid filling the user's home directory with temporary data.FLATPAK_CONFIG_DIR
The location of flatpak site configuration. If this is not set,
/etc/flatpak
is used (unless overridden at build time by --sysconfdir).FLATPAK_RUN_DIR
The location of flatpak runtime global files. If this is not set,
/run/flatpak
is used.
Table of Contents
- flatpak build-bundle — Create a single-file bundle from a local repository
- flatpak build-commit-from — Create new commits based on existing one (possibly from another repository)
- flatpak build-export — Create a repository from a build directory
- flatpak build-finish — Finalize a build directory
- flatpak build-import-bundle — Import a file bundle into a local repository
- flatpak build-init — Initialize a build directory
- flatpak build-sign — Sign an application or runtime
- flatpak build-update-repo — Create a repository from a build directory
- flatpak build — Build in a directory
- flatpak config — Manage configuration
- flatpak create-usb — Copy apps and/or runtimes onto removable media.
- flatpak document-export — Export a file to a sandboxed application
- flatpak document-info — Show information about exported files
- flatpak documents — List exported files
- flatpak document-unexport — Stop exporting a file
- flatpak enter — Enter an application or runtime's sandbox
- flatpak history — Show history
- flatpak info — Show information about an installed application or runtime
- flatpak install — Install an application or runtime
- flatpak kill — Stop a running application
- flatpak list — List installed applications and/or runtimes
- flatpak make-current — Make a specific version of an app current
- flatpak override — Override application requirements
- flatpak permission-remove — Remove permissions
- flatpak permissions — List permissions
- flatpak permission-show — Show permissions
- flatpak permission-reset — Reset permissions
- flatpak permission-set — Set permissions
- flatpak ps — Enumerate running instances
- flatpak remote-add — Add a remote repository
- flatpak remote-delete — Delete a remote repository
- flatpak remote-info — Show information about an application or runtime in a remote
- flatpak remote-ls — Show available runtimes and applications
- flatpak remote-modify — Modify a remote repository
- flatpak remotes — List remote repositories
- flatpak repair — Repair a flatpak installation
- flatpak repo — Show information about a local repository
- flatpak run — Run an application or open a shell in a runtime
- flatpak search — Search for applications and runtimes
- flatpak uninstall — Uninstall an application or runtime
- flatpak update — Update an application or runtime
- flatpak spawn — Run commands in a sandbox
Name
flatpak-build-bundle — Create a single-file bundle from a local repository
Synopsis
flatpak build-bundle
[OPTION...] LOCATION FILENAME NAME [BRANCH]
Description
Creates a single-file named FILENAME for the application (or runtime) named NAME in the repository at LOCATION . If a BRANCH is specified, this branch of the application is used.
The collection ID set on the repository at LOCATION (if set) will be used for the bundle.
Unless --oci
is used, the format of the bundle file is
that of an ostree static delta (against an empty base) with some flatpak
specific metadata for the application icons and appdata.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
--runtime
Export a runtime instead of an application.
--arch=ARCH
The arch to create a bundle for. See flatpak --supported-arches for architectures supported by the host.
--repo-url=URL
The URL for the repository from which the application can be updated. Installing the bundle will automatically configure a remote for this URL.
--runtime-repo=URL
The URL for a
.flatpakrepo
file that contains the information about the repository that supplies the runtimes required by the app.--gpg-keys=FILE
Add the GPG key from FILE (use - for stdin).
--gpg-homedir=PATH
GPG Homedir to use when looking for keyrings.
--from-commit=COMMIT
The OSTree commit to create a delta bundle from.
--oci
Export to an OCI image instead of a Flatpak bundle.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Name
flatpak-build-commit-from — Create new commits based on existing one (possibly from another repository)
Synopsis
flatpak build-commit-from
[OPTION...] DST-REPO DST-REF...
Description
Creates new commits on the DST-REF branch in the DST-REPO , with the contents (and most of the metadata) taken from another branch, either from another repo, or from another branch in the same repository.
The collection ID set on DST-REPO (if set) will be used for the newly created commits.
This command is very useful when you want to maintain a branch with a clean history that has no unsigned or broken commits. For instance, you can import the head from a different repository from an automatic builder when you've verified that it worked. The new commit will have no parents or signatures from the autobuilder, and can be properly signed with the official key.
Any deltas that affect the original commit and that match parent commits in the destination repository are copied and rewritten for the new commit id.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
--src-repo=SRC-REPO
The (local) repository to pull the source branch from. Defaults to the destination repository.
--src-ref=SRC-REF
The branch to use as the source for the new commit. Defaults to the same as the destination ref, which is useful only if a different source repo has been specified.
--extra-collection-id=COLLECTION-ID
Add an extra collection-ref binding for this collection, in addition to whatever would normally be added due to the destination repository collection id. This option can be used multiple times.
--subset=SUBSET
Mark the commit to be included in the named subset. This will cause the commit to be put in the named subset summary (in addition to the main one), allowing users to see only this subset instead of the whole repo.
--untrusted
The source repostory is not trusted, all objects are copied (not hardlinked) and all checksums are verified.
-s
,--subject=SUBJECT
One line subject for the commit message. If not specified, will be taken from the source commit.
-b
,--body=BODY
Full description for the commit message. If not specified, will be taken from the source commit.
--update-appstream
Update the appstream branch after the build.
--no-update-summary
Don't update the summary file after the new commit is added. This means the repository will not be useful for serving over http until build-update-repo has been run. This is useful is you want to do multiple repo operations before finally updating the summary.
--force
Create new commit even if the content didn't change from the existing branch head.
--disable-fsync
Don't fsync when writing to the repository. This can result in data loss in exceptional situations, but can improve performance when working with temporary or test repositories.
--gpg-sign=KEYID
Sign the commit with this GPG key. This option can be used multiple times.
--gpg-homedir=PATH
GPG Homedir to use when looking for keyrings
--end-of-life=REASON
Mark build as end-of-life
--end-of-life-rebase=OLDID=NEWID
Mark new refs as end-of-life. Unlike
--end-of-life
, this one takes an ID that supersedes the current one. By the user's request, the application data may be preserved for the new application. Note, this is actually a prefix match, so if you say org.the.app=org.new.app, then something like org.the.app.Locale will be rebased to org.new.app.Locale.--timestamp=TIMESTAMP
Override the timestamp of the commit. Use an ISO 8601 formatted date, or NOW for the current time
--disable-fsync
Don't fsync when writing to the repository. This can result in data loss in exceptional situations, but can improve performance when working with temporary or test repositories.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Name
flatpak-build-export — Create a repository from a build directory
Synopsis
flatpak build-export
[OPTION...] LOCATION DIRECTORY [BRANCH]
Description
Creates or updates a repository with an application build. LOCATION is the location of the repository. DIRECTORY must be a finalized build directory. If BRANCH is not specified, it is assumed to be "master".
If LOCATION exists, it is assumed to be an OSTree repository, otherwise a new OSTree repository is created at this location. The repository can be inspected with the ostree tool.
The contents of DIRECTORY are committed
on the branch with name app/APPNAME/ARCH/BRANCH
,
where ARCH is the architecture of the runtime that the application
is using. A commit filter is used to enforce that only the contents
of the files/
and export/
subdirectories and the metadata
file are included
in the commit, anything else is ignored.
When exporting a flatpak to be published to the internet,
--collection-id=COLLECTION-ID
should be specified
as a globally unique reverse DNS value to identify the collection of
flatpaks this will be added to. Setting a globally unique collection
ID allows the apps in the repository to be shared over peer to peer
systems without needing further configuration.
The build-update-repo command should be used to update repository metadata whenever application builds are added to a repository.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-s
,--subject=SUBJECT
One line subject for the commit message.
-b
,--body=BODY
Full description for the commit message.
--collection-id=COLLECTION-ID
Set as the collection ID of the repository. Setting a globally unique collection ID allows the apps in the repository to be shared over peer to peer systems without needing further configuration. If exporting to an existing repository, the collection ID must match the existing configured collection ID for that repository.
--subset=SUBSET
Mark the commit to be included in the named subset. This will cause the commit to be put in the named subset summary (in addition to the main one), allowing users to see only this subset instead of the whole repo.
--arch=ARCH
Specify the architecture component of the branch to export. Only host compatible architectures can be specified; see flatpak --supported-arches for valid values.
--exclude=PATTERN
Exclude files matching PATTERN from the commit. This option can be used multiple times.
--include=PATTERN
Don't exclude files matching PATTERN from the commit, even if they match the
--exclude
patterns. This option can be used multiple times.--metadata=FILENAME
Use the specified filename as metadata in the exported app instead of the default file (called
metadata
). This is useful if you want to commit multiple things from a single build tree, typically used in combination with--files
and--exclude
.--files=SUBDIR
Use the files in the specified subdirectory as the file contents, rather than the regular
files
directory.--timestamp=DATE
Use the specified ISO 8601 formatted date or NOW, for the current time, in the commit metadata and, if
--update-appstream
is used, the appstream data.--end-of-life=REASON
Mark the build as end-of-life. REASON is a message that may be shown to users installing this build.
--end-of-life-rebase=ID
Mark the build as end-of-life. Unlike
--end-of-life
, this one takes an ID that supersedes the current one. By the user's request, the application data may be preserved for the new application.--disable-fsync
Don't fsync when writing to the repository. This can result in data loss in exceptional situations, but can improve performance when working with temporary or test repositories.
--update-appstream
Update the appstream branch after the build.
--no-update-summary
Don't update the summary file after the new commit is added. This means the repository will not be useful for serving over http until build-update-repo has been run. This is useful is you want to do multiple repo operations before finally updating the summary.
--gpg-sign=KEYID
Sign the commit with this GPG key. This option can be used multiple times.
--gpg-homedir=PATH
GPG Homedir to use when looking for keyrings
-r
,--runtime
Export a runtime instead of an app (this uses the usr subdir as files).
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Name
flatpak-build-finish — Finalize a build directory
Synopsis
flatpak build-finish
[OPTION...] DIRECTORY
Description
Finalizes a build directory, to prepare it for exporting. DIRECTORY is the name of the directory.
The result of this command is that desktop files, icons, D-Bus service
files, and AppStream metainfo files from the files
subdirectory are copied to a new export
subdirectory.
In the metadata
file, the command key is set in the
[Application] group, and the supported keys in the [Environment]
group are set according to the options.
As part of finalization you can also specify permissions that the
app needs, using the various options specified below. Additionally
during finalization the permissions from the runtime are inherited
into the app unless you specify --no-inherit-permissions
You should review the exported files and the application metadata before creating and distributing an application bundle.
It is an error to run build-finish on a directory that has not been initialized as a build directory, or has already been finalized.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
--command=COMMAND
The command to use. If this option is not specified, the first executable found in
files/bin
is used.Note that the command is used when the application is run via flatpak run, and does not affect what gets executed when the application is run in other ways, e.g. via the desktop file or D-Bus activation.
--require-version=MAJOR.MINOR.MICRO
Require this version or later of flatpak to install/update to this build.
--share=SUBSYSTEM
Share a subsystem with the host session. This updates the [Context] group in the metadata. SUBSYSTEM must be one of: network, ipc. This option can be used multiple times.
--unshare=SUBSYSTEM
Don't share a subsystem with the host session. This updates the [Context] group in the metadata. SUBSYSTEM must be one of: network, ipc. This option can be used multiple times.
--socket=SOCKET
Expose a well-known socket to the application. This updates the [Context] group in the metadata. SOCKET must be one of: x11, wayland, fallback-x11, pulseaudio, system-bus, session-bus, ssh-auth, pcsc, cups, gpg-agent, inherit-wayland-socket. This option can be used multiple times.
The fallback-x11 option makes the X11 socket available only if there is no Wayland socket. This option was introduced in 0.11.3. To support older Flatpak releases, specify both x11 and fallback-x11. The fallback-x11 option takes precedence when both are supported.
--nosocket=SOCKET
Don't expose a well known socket to the application. This updates the [Context] group in the metadata. SOCKET must be one of: x11, wayland, fallback-x11, pulseaudio, system-bus, session-bus, ssh-auth, pcsc, cups, gpg-agent, inherit-wayland-socket. This option can be used multiple times.
--device=DEVICE
Expose a device to the application. This updates the [Context] group in the metadata. DEVICE must be one of: dri, input, kvm, shm, all. This option can be used multiple times.
--nodevice=DEVICE
Don't expose a device to the application. This updates the [Context] group in the metadata. DEVICE must be one of: dri, input, kvm, shm, all. This option can be used multiple times.
--allow=FEATURE
Allow access to a specific feature. This updates the [Context] group in the metadata. FEATURE must be one of: devel, multiarch, bluetooth, canbus, per-app-dev-shm. This option can be used multiple times.
The
devel
feature allows the application to access certain syscalls such asptrace()
, andperf_event_open()
.The
multiarch
feature allows the application to execute programs compiled for an ABI other than the one supported natively by the system. For example, for thex86_64
architecture, 32-bitx86
binaries will be allowed as well.The
bluetooth
feature allows the application to use bluetooth (AF_BLUETOOTH) sockets. Note, for bluetooth to fully work you must also have network access.The
canbus
feature allows the application to use canbus (AF_CAN) sockets. Note, for this work you must also have network access.The
per-app-dev-shm
feature shares a single instance of/dev/shm
between the application, any unrestricted subsandboxes that it creates, and any other instances of the application that are launched while it is running.--disallow=FEATURE
Disallow access to a specific feature. This updates the [Context] group in the metadata. FEATURE must be one of: devel, multiarch, bluetooth, canbus, per-app-dev-shm. This option can be used multiple times.
--filesystem=FS
Allow the application access to a subset of the filesystem. This updates the [Context] group in the metadata. FS can be one of: home, host, host-os, host-etc, xdg-desktop, xdg-documents, xdg-download, xdg-music, xdg-pictures, xdg-public-share, xdg-templates, xdg-videos, xdg-run, xdg-config, xdg-cache, xdg-data, an absolute path, or a homedir-relative path like ~/dir or paths relative to the xdg dirs, like xdg-download/subdir. The optional :ro suffix indicates that the location will be read-only. The optional :create suffix indicates that the location will be read-write and created if it doesn't exist. This option can be used multiple times. See the "[Context] filesystems" list in flatpak-metadata(5) for details of the meanings of these filesystems.
--nofilesystem=FILESYSTEM
Remove access to the specified subset of the filesystem from the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. FILESYSTEM can be one of: home, host, host-os, host-etc, xdg-desktop, xdg-documents, xdg-download, xdg-music, xdg-pictures, xdg-public-share, xdg-templates, xdg-videos, an absolute path, or a homedir-relative path like ~/dir. This option can be used multiple times.
--add-policy=SUBSYSTEM.KEY=VALUE
Add generic policy option. For example, "--add-policy=subsystem.key=v1 --add-policy=subsystem.key=v2" would map to this metadata:
[Policy subsystem] key=v1;v2;
This option can be used multiple times.
--remove-policy=SUBSYSTEM.KEY=VALUE
Remove generic policy option. This option can be used multiple times.
--env=VAR=VALUE
Set an environment variable in the application. This updates the [Environment] group in the metadata. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--unset-env=VAR
Unset an environment variable in the application. This updates the unset-environment entry in the [Context] group of the metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--env-fd=
FD
Read environment variables from the file descriptor
FD
, and set them as if via--env
. This can be used to avoid environment variables and their values becoming visible to other users.Each environment variable is in the form
VAR
=VALUE
followed by a zero byte. This is the same format used byenv -0
and/proc/*/environ
.--own-name=NAME
Allow the application to own the well known name NAME on the session bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the application to own all matching names. This updates the [Session Bus Policy] group in the metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--talk-name=NAME
Allow the application to talk to the well known name NAME on the session bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the application to talk to all matching names. This updates the [Session Bus Policy] group in the metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--system-own-name=NAME
Allow the application to own the well known name NAME on the system bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the application to own all matching names. This updates the [System Bus Policy] group in the metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--system-talk-name=NAME
Allow the application to talk to the well known name NAME on the system bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the application to talk to all matching names. This updates the [System Bus Policy] group in the metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--persist=FILENAME
If the application doesn't have access to the real homedir, make the (homedir-relative) path FILENAME a bind mount to the corresponding path in the per-application directory, allowing that location to be used for persistent data. This updates the [Context] group in the metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--runtime=RUNTIME
,--sdk=SDK
Change the runtime or sdk used by the app to the specified partial ref. Unspecified parts of the ref are taken from the old values or defaults.
--metadata=GROUP=KEY[=VALUE]
Set a generic key in the metadata file. If value is left out it will be set to "true".
--extension=NAME=VARIABLE[=VALUE]
Add extension point info. See the documentation for flatpak-metadata(5) for the possible values of
VARIABLE
andVALUE
.--remove-extension=NAME
Remove extension point info.
--extension-priority=VALUE
Set the priority (library override order) of the extension point. Only useful for extensions. 0 is the default, and higher value means higher priority.
--extra-data=NAME:SHA256:DOWNLOAD-SIZE:INSTALL-SIZE:URL
Adds information about extra data uris to the app. These will be downloaded and verified by the client when the app is installed and placed in the
/app/extra
directory. You can also supply an/app/bin/apply_extra
script that will be run after the files are downloaded.--no-exports
Don't look for exports in the build.
--no-inherit-permissions
Don't inherit runtime permissions in the app.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Examples
$ flatpak build-finish /build/my-app --socket=x11 --share=ipc
Exporting share/applications/gnome-calculator.desktop Exporting share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Calculator.SearchProvider.service More than one executable Using gcalccmd as command Please review the exported files and the metadata
Name
flatpak-build-import-bundle — Import a file bundle into a local repository
Synopsis
flatpak build-import-bundle
[OPTION...] LOCATION FILENAME
Description
Imports a bundle from a file named FILENAME into the repository at LOCATION .
The format of the bundle file is that generated by build-bundle.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
--ref=REF
Override the ref specified in the bundle.
--oci
Import an OCI image instead of a Flatpak bundle.
--update-appstream
Update the appstream branch after the build.
--no-update-summary
Don't update the summary file after the new commit is added. This means the repository will not be useful for serving over http until build-update-repo has been run. This is useful is you want to do multiple repo operations before finally updating the summary.
--gpg-sign=KEYID
Sign the commit with this GPG key. This option can be used multiple times.
--gpg-homedir=PATH
GPG Homedir to use when looking for keyrings
Name
flatpak-build-init — Initialize a build directory
Synopsis
flatpak build-init
[OPTION...] DIRECTORY APPNAME SDK RUNTIME [BRANCH]
Description
Initializes a separate build directory. DIRECTORY is the name of the directory. APPNAME is the application id of the app that will be built. SDK and RUNTIME specify the sdk and runtime that the application should be built against and run in. BRANCH specify the version of sdk and runtime
Initializes a directory as build directory which can be used as
target directory of flatpak build. It
creates a metadata
inside the given directory.
Additionally, empty files
and var
subdirectories are created.
It is an error to run build-init on a directory that has already been initialized as a build directory.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
--arch=ARCH
The architecture to use. See flatpak --supported-arches for architectures supported by the host.
-v
,--var=RUNTIME
Initialize var from the named runtime.
-w
,--writable-sdk
Initialize /usr with a copy of the sdk, which is writable during flatpak build. This can be used if you need to install build tools in /usr during the build. This is stored in the
usr
subdirectory of the app dir, but will not be part of the final app.--tag=TAG
Add a tag to the metadata file. This option can be used multiple times.
--sdk-extension=EXTENSION
When using
--writable-sdk
, in addition to the sdk, also install the specified extension. This option can be used multiple times.--extension=NAME=VARIABLE[=VALUE]
Add extension point info.
--sdk-dir
Specify a custom subdirectory to use instead of
usr
for--writable-sdk
.--update
Re-initialize the sdk and var, don't fail if already initialized.
--base=APP
Initialize the application with files from another specified application.
--base-version=VERSION
Specify the version to use for
--base
. If not specified, will default to "master".--base-extension=EXTENSION
When using
--base
, also install the specified extension from the app. This option can be used multiple times.--type=TYPE
This can be used to build different types of things. The default is "app" which is a regular app, but "runtime" creates a runtime based on an existing runtime, and "extension" creates an extension for an app or runtime.
--extension-tag=EXTENSION_TAG
If building an extension, the tag to use when searching for the mount point of the extension.
--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Name
flatpak-build-sign — Sign an application or runtime
Synopsis
flatpak build-sign
[OPTION...] LOCATION ID [BRANCH]
Description
Signs the commit for a specified application or runtime in a local repository. LOCATION is the location of the repository. ID is the name of the application, or runtime if --runtime is specified. If BRANCH is not specified, it is assumed to be "master".
Applications can also be signed during build-export, but it is sometimes useful to add additional signatures later.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
--gpg-sign=KEYID
Sign the commit with this GPG key. This option can be used multiple times.
--gpg-homedir=PATH
GPG Homedir to use when looking for keyrings
--runtime
Sign a runtime instead of an app.
--arch=ARCH
The architecture to use. See flatpak --supported-arches for architectures supported by the host.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Name
flatpak-build-update-repo — Create a repository from a build directory
Synopsis
flatpak build-update-repo
[OPTION...] LOCATION
Description
Updates repository metadata for the repository at LOCATION . This command generates an OSTree summary file that lists the contents of the repository. The summary is used by flatpak remote-ls and other commands to display the contents of remote repositories.
After this command, LOCATION can be used as the repository location for flatpak remote-add, either by exporting it over http, or directly with a file: url.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
--redirect-url=URL
Redirect this repo to a new URL.
--title=TITLE
A title for the repository, e.g. for display in a UI. The title is stored in the repository summary.
--comment=COMMENT
A single-line comment for the remote, e.g. for display in a UI. The comment is stored in the repository summary.
--description=DESCRIPTION
A full-paragraph description for the remote, e.g. for display in a UI. The description is stored in the repository summary.
--homepage=URL
URL for a website for the remote, e.g. for display in a UI. The url is stored in the repository summary.
--icon=URL
URL for an icon for the remote, e.g. for display in a UI. The url is stored in the repository summary.
--default-branch=BRANCH
A default branch for the repository, mainly for use in a UI.
--gpg-import=FILE
Import a new default GPG public key from the given file.
--collection-id=COLLECTION-ID
The globally unique identifier of the remote repository, to allow mirrors to be grouped. This must be set to a globally unique reverse DNS string if the repository is to be made publicly available. If a collection ID is already set on an existing repository, this will update it. If not specified, the existing collection ID will be left unchanged.
--deploy-collection-id
Deploy the collection ID (set using
--collection-id
) in the static remote configuration for all clients. This is irrevocable once published in a repository. Use it to decide when to roll out a collection ID to users of an existing repository. If constructing a new repository which has a collection ID, you should typically always pass this option.--deploy-sideload-collection-id
This is similar to --deploy-collection-id, but it only applies the deploy to clients newer than flatpak 1.7 which supports the new form of sideloads.
--gpg-sign=KEYID
Sign the commit with this GPG key. This option can be used multiple times.
--gpg-homedir=PATH
GPG Homedir to use when looking for keyrings
--generate-static-deltas
Generate static deltas for all references. This generates from-empty and delta static files that allow for faster download.
--static-delta-jobs=NUM-JOBS
Limit the number of parallel jobs creating static deltas. The default is the number of cpus.
--static-delta-ignore-ref=PATTERN
Don't generate deltas for runtime or application id matching this pattern. For instance, --static-delta-ignore-ref=*.Sources means there will not be any deltas for source refs.
--prune
Remove unreferenced objects in repo.
--prune-depth
Only keep at most this number of old versions for any particular ref. Default is -1 which means infinite.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Name
flatpak-build — Build in a directory
Synopsis
flatpak build
[OPTION...] DIRECTORY [COMMAND [ARG...]]
Description
Runs a build command in a directory. DIRECTORY must have been initialized with flatpak build-init.
The sdk that is specified in the metadata
file
in the directory is mounted at /usr
and the
files
and var
subdirectories
are mounted at /app
and /var
,
respectively. They are writable, and their contents are preserved between
build commands, to allow accumulating build artifacts there.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
-r
,--runtime
Use the non-devel runtime that is specified in the application metadata instead of the devel runtime.
-p
,--die-with-parent
Kill the build process and all children when the launching process dies.
--bind-mount=DEST=SOURCE
Add a custom bind mount in the build namespace. Can be specified multiple times.
--build-dir=PATH
Start the build in this directory (default is in the current directory).
--share=SUBSYSTEM
Share a subsystem with the host session. This overrides the Context section from the application metadata. SUBSYSTEM must be one of: network, ipc. This option can be used multiple times.
--unshare=SUBSYSTEM
Don't share a subsystem with the host session. This overrides the Context section from the application metadata. SUBSYSTEM must be one of: network, ipc. This option can be used multiple times.
--socket=SOCKET
Expose a well-known socket to the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. SOCKET must be one of: x11, wayland, fallback-x11, pulseaudio, system-bus, session-bus, ssh-auth, pcsc, cups, gpg-agent, inherit-wayland-socket. This option can be used multiple times.
--nosocket=SOCKET
Don't expose a well-known socket to the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. SOCKET must be one of: x11, wayland, fallback-x11, pulseaudio, system-bus, session-bus, ssh-auth, pcsc, cups, gpg-agent, inherit-wayland-socket. This option can be used multiple times.
--device=DEVICE
Expose a device to the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. DEVICE must be one of: dri, input, kvm, shm, all. This option can be used multiple times.
--nodevice=DEVICE
Don't expose a device to the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. DEVICE must be one of: dri, input, kvm, shm, all. This option can be used multiple times.
--allow=FEATURE
Allow access to a specific feature. This updates the [Context] group in the metadata. FEATURE must be one of: devel, multiarch, bluetooth, canbus, per-app-dev-shm. This option can be used multiple times.
See flatpak-build-finish(1) for the meaning of the various features.
--disallow=FEATURE
Disallow access to a specific feature. This updates the [Context] group in the metadata. FEATURE must be one of: devel, multiarch, bluetooth, canbus, per-app-dev-shm. This option can be used multiple times.
--filesystem=FILESYSTEM[:ro|:create]
Allow the application access to a subset of the filesystem. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. FILESYSTEM can be one of: home, host, host-os, host-etc, xdg-desktop, xdg-documents, xdg-download, xdg-music, xdg-pictures, xdg-public-share, xdg-templates, xdg-videos, xdg-run, xdg-config, xdg-cache, xdg-data, an absolute path, or a homedir-relative path like ~/dir or paths relative to the xdg dirs, like xdg-download/subdir. The optional :ro suffix indicates that the location will be read-only. The optional :create suffix indicates that the location will be read-write and created if it doesn't exist. This option can be used multiple times. See the "[Context] filesystems" list in flatpak-metadata(5) for details of the meanings of these filesystems.
--nofilesystem=FILESYSTEM
Remove access to the specified subset of the filesystem from the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. FILESYSTEM can be one of: home, host, host-os, host-etc, xdg-desktop, xdg-documents, xdg-download, xdg-music, xdg-pictures, xdg-public-share, xdg-templates, xdg-videos, an absolute path, or a homedir-relative path like ~/dir. This option can be used multiple times.
--with-appdir
Expose and configure access to the per-app storage directory in
$HOME/.var/app
. This is not normally useful when building, but helps when testing built apps.--add-policy=SUBSYSTEM.KEY=VALUE
Add generic policy option. For example, "--add-policy=subsystem.key=v1 --add-policy=subsystem.key=v2" would map to this metadata:
[Policy subsystem] key=v1;v2;
This option can be used multiple times.
--remove-policy=SUBSYSTEM.KEY=VALUE
Remove generic policy option. This option can be used multiple times.
--env=VAR=VALUE
Set an environment variable in the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--unset-env=VAR
Unset an environment variable in the application. This overrides the unset-environment entry in the [Context] group of the metadata, and the [Environment] group. This option can be used multiple times.
--env-fd=
FD
Read environment variables from the file descriptor
FD
, and set them as if via--env
. This can be used to avoid environment variables and their values becoming visible to other users.Each environment variable is in the form
VAR
=VALUE
followed by a zero byte. This is the same format used byenv -0
and/proc/*/environ
.--own-name=NAME
Allow the application to own the well-known name NAME on the session bus. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--talk-name=NAME
Allow the application to talk to the well-known name NAME on the session bus. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--system-own-name=NAME
Allow the application to own the well-known name NAME on the system bus. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--system-talk-name=NAME
Allow the application to talk to the well-known name NAME on the system bus. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--persist=FILENAME
If the application doesn't have access to the real homedir, make the (homedir-relative) path FILENAME a bind mount to the corresponding path in the per-application directory, allowing that location to be used for persistent data. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--sdk-dir=DIR
Normally if there is a
usr
directory in the build dir, this is used for the runtime files (this can be created by--writable-sdk
or--type=runtime
arguments to build-init). If you specify--sdk-dir
, this directory will be used instead. Use this if you passed--sdk-dir
to build-init.--readonly
Mount the normally writable destination directories read-only. This can be useful if you want to run something in the sandbox but guarantee that it doesn't affect the build results. For example tests.
--metadata=FILE
Use the specified filename as metadata in the exported app instead of the default file (called
metadata
). This is useful if you build multiple things from a single build tree (such as both a platform and a sdk).--log-session-bus
Log session bus traffic. This can be useful to see what access you need to allow in your D-Bus policy.
--log-system-bus
Log system bus traffic. This can be useful to see what access you need to allow in your D-Bus policy.
Name
flatpak-config — Manage configuration
Synopsis
flatpak config
[OPTION...]
flatpak config
[OPTION...] --set KEY VALUE
flatpak config
[OPTION...] --unset|--get KEY
Description
The flatpak config command shows or modifies the configuration of a flatpak installation. The following keys are supported:
languages
The languages that are included when installing Locale extensions. The value is a semicolon-separated list of two-letter language codes, or one of the special values
*
or*all*
. If this key is unset, flatpak defaults to including theextra-languages
key and the current locale.extra-languages
This key is used when languages is not set, and it defines extra locale extensions on top of the system configured languages. The value is a semicolon-separated list of locale identifiers (language, optional locale, optional codeset, optional modifier) as documented by setlocale(3) (for example,
en;en_DK;zh_HK.big5hkscs;uz_UZ.utf8@cyrillic
).
For configuration of individual remotes, see flatpak-remote-modify(1). For configuration of individual applications, see flatpak-override(1).
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
--list
Print all keys and their values.
--set
Set key KEY to VALUE .
--unset
Unset key KEY .
--get
Print value of KEY .
-u
,--user
Configure per-user installation.
--system
Configure system-wide installation.
--installation=NAME
Configure the system-wide installation specified by NAME among those defined in
/etc/flatpak/installations.d/
. Using--installation=default
is equivalent to using--system
.-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Name
flatpak-create-usb — Copy apps and/or runtimes onto removable media.
Synopsis
flatpak create-usb
[OPTION...] MOUNT-PATH REF...
Description
Copies the specified apps and/or runtimes REF s onto the removable media mounted at MOUNT-PATH , along with all the dependencies and metadata needed for installing them. This is one way of transferring flatpaks between computers that doesn't require an Internet connection. After using this command, the USB drive can be connected to another computer which already has the relevant remote(s) configured, and Flatpak will install or update from the drive offline (see below). If online, the drive will be used as a cache, meaning some objects will be pulled from it and others from the Internet. For this process to work a collection ID must be configured on the relevant remotes on both the source and destination computers, and on the remote server.
On the destination computer one can install from the USB (or any mounted filesystem)
using the --sideload-repo
option with flatpak install.
It's also possible to configure sideload paths using symlinks; see
flatpak(1).
Flatpak also includes systemd units to automatically sideload from hot-plugged USB drives,
but these may or may not be enabled depending on your Linux distribution.
Each REF argument is a full or partial identifier in the flatpak ref format, which looks like "(app|runtime)/ID/ARCH/BRANCH". All elements except ID are optional and can be left out, including the slashes, so most of the time you need only specify ID. Any part left out will be matched against what is installed, and if there are multiple matches an error message will list the alternatives.
By default this looks for both installed apps and runtimes
with the given REF , but you can
limit this by using the --app
or --runtime
option.
All REF s must be in the same installation (user, system, or other). Otherwise it's ambiguous which repository metadata refs to put on the USB drive.
By default flatpak create-usb uses .ostree/repo
as the destination directory under MOUNT-PATH but if you
specify another location using --destination-repo
a symbolic link will be created for you in .ostree/repos.d
.
This ensures that either way the repository will be found by flatpak (and other
consumers of libostree) for install/update operations.
Unless overridden with the --system
, --user
, or --installation
options, this command searches both the system-wide installation
and the per-user one for REF and errors
out if it exists in more than one.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-u
,--user
Copy refs from the per-user installation.
--system
Copy refs from the default system-wide installation.
--installation=NAME
Copy refs from a system-wide installation specified by NAME among those defined in
/etc/flatpak/installations.d/
. Using--installation=default
is equivalent to using--system
.--app
Assume that all REF s are apps if not explicitly specified.
--runtime
Assume that all REF s are runtimes if not explicitly specified.
--destination-repo
=DESTCreate the repository in DEST under MOUNT-PATH , rather than the default location.
--allow-partial
Don't print a warning when exporting partially installed commits, for example locale extensions without all languages. These can cause problems when installing them, for example if the language config is different on the installing side.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Name
flatpak-document-export — Export a file to a sandboxed application
Synopsis
flatpak document-export
[OPTION...] FILE
Description
Creates a document id for a local file that can be exposed to
sandboxed applications, allowing them access to files that they
would not otherwise see. The exported files are exposed in a
fuse filesystem at /run/user/$UID/doc/
.
This command also lets you modify the per-application permissions of the documents, granting or revoking access to the file on a per-application basis.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-u
,--unique
Don't reuse an existing document id for the file. This makes it safe to later remove the document when you're finished with it.
-t
,--transient
The document will only exist for the length of the session. This is useful for temporary grants.
-n
,--noexist
Don't require the file to exist already.
-a
,--app=APPID
Grant read access to the specified application. The
--allow
and--forbid
options can be used to grant or remove additional privileges. This option can be used multiple times.-r
,--allow-read
Grant read access to the applications specified with
--app
. This defaults to TRUE.--forbid-read
Revoke read access for the applications specified with
--app
.-w
,--allow-write
Grant write access to the applications specified with
--app
.--forbid-write
Revoke write access for the applications specified with
--app
.-d
,--allow-delete
Grant the ability to remove the document from the document portal to the applications specified with
--app
.--forbid-delete
Revoke the ability to remove the document from the document portal from the applications specified with
--app
.-g
,--allow-grant-permission
Grant the ability to grant further permissions to the applications specified with
--app
.--forbid-grant-permission
Revoke the ability to grant further permissions for the applications specified with
--app
.-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Name
flatpak-document-info — Show information about exported files
Synopsis
flatpak document-info
[OPTION...] FILE
Description
Shows information about an exported file, such as the document id, the fuse path, the original location in the filesystem, and the per-application permissions.
FILE can either be a file in the fuse filesystem at /run/user/$UID/doc/
,
or a file anywhere else.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Name
flatpak-documents — List exported files
Synopsis
flatpak documents
[OPTION...] [APPID]
Description
Lists exported files, with their document id and the full path to their origin. If an APPID is specified, only the files exported to this app are listed.
Name
flatpak-document-unexport — Stop exporting a file
Synopsis
flatpak document-unexport
[OPTION...] FILE
Description
Removes the document id for the file from the document portal. This will make the document unavailable to all sandboxed applications.
Options
The following options are understood:
--doc-id
Interpret FILE as a document ID rather than a file path. This is useful for example when the file has been deleted.
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Name
flatpak-enter — Enter an application or runtime's sandbox
Synopsis
flatpak enter
[OPTION...] INSTANCE COMMAND [ARG...]
Description
Enter a running sandbox.
INSTANCE must be either the pid of a process running in a flatpak sandbox, or the ID of a running application, or the instance ID of a running sandbox. You can use flatpak ps to find the instance IDs of running flatpaks.
COMMAND is the command to run in the sandbox. Extra arguments are passed on to the command.
This creates a new process within the running sandbox, with the same environment. This is useful when you want to debug a problem with a running application.
This command works as a regular user if the system support unprivileged user namespace. If that is not available you need to run run it like: sudo -E flatpak enter.
Name
flatpak-history — Show history
Synopsis
flatpak history
[OPTION...]
Description
Shows changes to the flatpak installations on the system. This includes installs, updates and removals of applications and runtimes.
By default, both per-user and system-wide installations are shown. Use the
--user
, --installation
or --system
options to change this.
The information for the history command is taken from the systemd journal, and can also be accessed using e.g. journalctl MESSAGE_ID=c7b39b1e006b464599465e105b361485
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-u
,--user
Show changes to the user installation.
--system
Show changes to the default system-wide installation.
--installation=NAME
Show changes to the installation specified by NAME among those defined in
/etc/flatpak/installations.d/
. Using--installation=default
is equivalent to using--system
.--since=TIME
Only show changes that are newer than the time specified by TIME .
TIME can be either an absolute time in a format like YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS, or a relative time like "2h", "7days", "4days 2hours".
--until=TIME
Only show changes that are older than the time specified by TIME .
--reverse
Show newest entries first.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
--columns=FIELD,…
Specify what information to show about each ref. You can list multiple fields, or use this option multiple times.
Append :s[tart], :m[iddle], :e[nd] or :f[ull] to column names to change ellipsization.
Fields
The following fields are understood by the --columns
option:
- time
Show when the change happened
- change
Show the kind of change
- ref
Show the ref
- application
Show the application/runtime ID
- arch
Show the architecture
- branch
Show the branch
- installation
Show the affected installation.
This will be either the ID of a Flatpak installation, or the path to a temporary OSTree repository.
- remote
Show the remote that is used.
This will be either the name of a configured remote, or the path to a temporary OSTree repository.
- old-commit
Show the previous commit. For pulls, this is the previous HEAD of the branch. For deploys, it is the previously active commit
- commit
Show the current commit. For pulls, this is the HEAD of the branch. For deploys, it is the active commit
- url
Show the remote url
- user
Show the user doing the change.
If this is the system helper operating as root, also show which user triggered the change.
- tool
Show the tool that was used.
If this is the system helper, also show which tool was used to triggered the change.
- all
Show all columns
- help
Show the list of available columns
Note that field names can be abbreviated to a unique prefix.
Name
flatpak-info — Show information about an installed application or runtime
Synopsis
flatpak info
[OPTION...] NAME [BRANCH]
Description
Show info about an installed application or runtime.
By default, the output is formatted in a friendly format.
If you specify any of the --show-…
or
--file-access
options, the output is instead
formatted in a machine-readable format.
By default, both per-user and system-wide installations are queried.
Use the --user
, --system
or --installation
options to change this.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-u
,--user
Query per-user installations.
--system
Query the default system-wide installation.
--installation=NAME
Query a system-wide installation by NAME among those defined in
/etc/flatpak/installations.d/
. Using--installation=default
is equivalent to using--system
.--arch=ARCH
Query for this architecture. See flatpak --supported-arches for architectures supported by the host.
-r
,--show-ref
Show the installed ref.
-o
,--show-origin
Show the remote the ref is installed from.
-c
,--show-commit
Show the installed commit id.
-s
,--show-size
Show the installed size.
-m
,--show-metadata
Show the metadata.
--show-runtime
Show the runtime.
--show-sdk
Show the SDK.
-M
,--show-permissions
Show the permissions.
--file-access=PATH
Show the level of access to the given path.
-e
,--show-extensions
Show the matching extensions.
-l
,--show-location
Show the on-disk location of the app or runtime. See the examples below.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Name
flatpak-install — Install an application or runtime
Synopsis
flatpak install
[OPTION...] [REMOTE] REF...
flatpak install
[OPTION...] [--from|--bundle] LOCATION
Description
Installs an application or runtime. The primary way to install is to specify a REMOTE name as the source and one ore more REF s to specify the application or runtime to install. If REMOTE is omitted, the configured remotes are searched for the first REF and the user is asked to confirm the resulting choice.
Each REF argument is a full or partial identifier in the flatpak ref format, which looks like "(app|runtime)/ID/ARCH/BRANCH". All elements except ID are optional and can be left out, including the slashes, so most of the time you need only specify ID. Any part left out will be matched against what is in the remote, and if there are multiple matches you will be prompted to choose one of them. You will also be prompted with choices if REF doesn't match anything in the remote exactly but is similar to one or more refs in the remote (e.g. "devhelp" is similar to "org.gnome.Devhelp"), but this fuzzy matching behavior is disabled if REF contains any slashes or periods.
By default this looks for both apps and runtimes with the given
REF in the specified REMOTE ,
but you can limit this by using the --app
or --runtime
option, or by supplying the initial element in the REF .
If REMOTE is a uri or a path (absolute or relative starting with ./) to a local repository, then that repository will be used as the source, and a temporary remote will be created for the lifetime of the REF .
If the specified REMOTE has a collection ID configured on it,
Flatpak will search the sideload-repos
directories configured
either with the --sideload-repo
option, or on a per-installation or
system-wide basis (see
flatpak(1)).
The alternative form of the command (with --from
or
--bundle
) allows to install directly from a source such as a
.flatpak
single-file bundle or a .flatpakref
application description. The options are optional if the first argument has the expected
filename extension.
Note that flatpak allows to have multiple branches of an application and runtimes installed and used at the same time. However, only one version of an application can be current, meaning its exported files (for instance desktop files and icons) are visible to the host. The last installed version is made current by default, but this can manually changed with flatpak make-current.
Unless overridden with the --user
or the --installation
option, this command installs the application or runtime in the default system-wide
installation.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
--bundle
Treat LOCATION as a single-bundle file. This is assumed if the argument ends with
.flatpak
.--from
Treat LOCATION as an application description file. This is assumed if the argument ends with
.flatpakref
.--reinstall
Uninstall first if already installed.
-u
,--user
Install the application or runtime in a per-user installation.
--system
Install the application or runtime in the default system-wide installation.
--installation=NAME
Install the application or runtime in a system-wide installation specified by NAME among those defined in
/etc/flatpak/installations.d/
. Using--installation=default
is equivalent to using--system
.--arch=ARCH
The default architecture to install for, if not given explicitly in the REF . See flatpak --supported-arches for architectures supported by the host.
--subpath=PATH
Install only a subpath of REF . This is mainly used to install a subset of locales. This can be added multiple times to install multiple subpaths.
--gpg-file=FILE
Check bundle signatures with GPG key from FILE (- for stdin).
--no-deploy
Download the latest version, but don't deploy it.
--no-pull
Don't download the latest version, deploy whatever is locally available.
--no-related
Don't download related extensions, such as the locale data.
--no-deps
Don't verify runtime dependencies when installing.
--or-update
Normally install just ignores things that are already installed (printing a warning), but if --or-update is specified it silently turns it into an update operation instead.
--app
Assume that all REF s are apps if not explicitly specified.
--runtime
Assume that all REF s are runtimes if not explicitly specified.
--sideload-repo=PATH
Adds an extra local ostree repo as a source for installation. This is equivalent to using the
sideload-repos
directories (see flatpak(1)), but can be done on a per-command basis. Any path added here is used in addition to ones in those directories.--include-sdk
For each app being installed, also installs the SDK that was used to build it. Implies
--or-update
; incompatible with--no-deps
.--include-debug
For each ref being installed, as well as all dependencies, also installs its debug info. Implies
--or-update
; incompatible with--no-deps
.-y
,--assumeyes
Automatically answer yes to all questions (or pick the most prioritized answer). This is useful for automation.
--noninteractive
Produce minimal output and avoid most questions. This is suitable for use in non-interactive situations, e.g. in a build script.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Examples
$ flatpak install gedit
$ flatpak install flathub org.gnome.gedit
$ flatpak --installation=default install flathub org.gnome.gedit
$ flatpak --user install flathub org.gnome.gedit//3.30
$ flatpak --user install https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.gnome.gedit.flatpakref
$ flatpak --system install org.gnome.gedit.flatpakref
Name
flatpak-kill — Stop a running application
Synopsis
flatpak kill
INSTANCE
Description
Stop a running Flatpak instance.
INSTANCE can be either the numeric instance ID or the application ID of a running Flatpak. You can use flatpak ps to find the instance IDs of running flatpaks.
Name
flatpak-list — List installed applications and/or runtimes
Synopsis
flatpak list
[OPTION...]
Description
Lists the names of the installed applications and runtimes.
By default, both apps and runtimes are shown, but you can
change this by using the --app
or
--runtime
options.
By default, both per-user and system-wide installations are shown.
Use the --user
, --installation
or
--system
options to change this.
The list command can also be used to find installed apps that
use a certain runtime, with the --app-runtime
option.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-u
,--user
List per-user installations.
--system
List the default system-wide installations.
--installation=NAME
List a system-wide installation specified by NAME among those defined in
/etc/flatpak/installations.d/
. Using--installation=default
is equivalent to using--system
.--arch=ARCH
List apps/runtimes for this architecture. See flatpak --supported-arches for architectures supported by the host.
-d
,--show-details
Show origin, sizes and other extra information. Equivalent to
--columns=all
.--app
List applications.
--runtime
List runtimes.
--all
,-a
List all installed runtimes, including locale and debug extensions. These are hidden by default.
--app-runtime=RUNTIME
List applications that use the given runtime.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
--columns=FIELD,…
Specify what information to show about each ref. You can list multiple fields, or use this option multiple times.
Append :s[tart], :m[iddle], :e[nd] or :f[ull] to column names to change ellipsization.
Fields
The following fields are understood by the --columns
option:
- name
Show the name
- description
Show the description
- application
Show the application or runtime ID
- arch
Show the architecture
- branch
Show the branch
- runtime
Show the used runtime
- version
Show the version
- ref
Show the ref
- origin
Show the origin remote
- installation
Show the installation
- active
Show the active commit
- latest
Show the latest commit
- size
Show the installed size
- options
Show options
- all
Show all columns
- help
Show the list of available columns
Note that field names can be abbreviated to a unique prefix.
Name
flatpak-make-current — Make a specific version of an app current
Synopsis
flatpak make-current
[OPTION...] APP BRANCH
Description
Makes a particular branch of an application current. Only the current branch of an app has its exported files (such as desktop files and icons) made visible to the host.
When a new branch is installed it will automatically be made current, so this command is often not needed.
Unless overridden with the --user
or --installation
options, this command
changes the default system-wide installation.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-u
,--user
Update a per-user installation.
--system
Update the default system-wide installation.
--installation=NAME
Updates a system-wide installation specified by NAME among those defined in
/etc/flatpak/installations.d/
. Using--installation=default
is equivalent to using--system
.--arch=ARCH
The architecture to make current for. See flatpak --supported-arches for architectures supported by the host.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Name
flatpak-override — Override application requirements
Synopsis
flatpak override
[OPTION...] [APP]
Description
Overrides the application specified runtime requirements. This can be used to grant a sandboxed application more or less resources than it requested.
By default the application gets access to the resources it requested when it is started. But the user can override it on a particular instance by specifying extra arguments to flatpak run, or every time by using flatpak override.
The application overrides are saved in text files residing in $XDG_DATA_HOME/flatpak/overrides in user mode.
If the application ID APP is not specified then the overrides affect all applications, but the per-application overrides can override the global overrides.
Unless overridden with the --user
or --installation
options, this command
changes the default system-wide installation.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-u
,--user
Update a per-user installation.
--system
Update the default system-wide installation.
--installation=NAME
Updates a system-wide installation specified by NAME among those defined in
/etc/flatpak/installations.d/
. Using--installation=default
is equivalent to using--system
.--share=SUBSYSTEM
Share a subsystem with the host session. This overrides the Context section from the application metadata. SUBSYSTEM must be one of: network, ipc. This option can be used multiple times.
--unshare=SUBSYSTEM
Don't share a subsystem with the host session. This overrides the Context section from the application metadata. SUBSYSTEM must be one of: network, ipc. This option can be used multiple times.
--socket=SOCKET
Expose a well-known socket to the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. SOCKET must be one of: x11, wayland, fallback-x11, pulseaudio, system-bus, session-bus, ssh-auth, pcsc, cups, gpg-agent, inherit-wayland-socket. This option can be used multiple times.
--nosocket=SOCKET
Don't expose a well-known socket to the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. SOCKET must be one of: x11, wayland, fallback-x11, pulseaudio, system-bus, session-bus, ssh-auth, pcsc, cups, gpg-agent, inherit-wayland-socket. This option can be used multiple times.
--device=DEVICE
Expose a device to the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. DEVICE must be one of: dri, input, kvm, shm, all. This option can be used multiple times.
--nodevice=DEVICE
Don't expose a device to the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. DEVICE must be one of: dri, input, kvm, shm, all. This option can be used multiple times.
--allow=FEATURE
Allow access to a specific feature. This updates the [Context] group in the metadata. FEATURE must be one of: devel, multiarch, bluetooth, canbus, per-app-dev-shm. This option can be used multiple times.
See flatpak-build-finish(1) for the meaning of the various features.
--disallow=FEATURE
Disallow access to a specific feature. This updates the [Context] group in the metadata. FEATURE must be one of: devel, multiarch, bluetooth, canbus, per-app-dev-shm. This option can be used multiple times.
--filesystem=FILESYSTEM
Allow the application access to a subset of the filesystem. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. FILESYSTEM can be one of: home, host, host-os, host-etc, xdg-desktop, xdg-documents, xdg-download, xdg-music, xdg-pictures, xdg-public-share, xdg-templates, xdg-videos, xdg-run, xdg-config, xdg-cache, xdg-data, an absolute path, or a homedir-relative path like ~/dir or paths relative to the xdg dirs, like xdg-download/subdir. The optional :ro suffix indicates that the location will be read-only. The optional :create suffix indicates that the location will be read-write and created if it doesn't exist. This option can be used multiple times. See the "[Context] filesystems" list in flatpak-metadata(5) for details of the meanings of these filesystems.
--nofilesystem=FILESYSTEM
Undo the effect of a previous
--filesystem=
FILESYSTEM in the app's manifest or a lower-precedence layer of overrides, and/or remove a previous--filesystem=
FILESYSTEM from this layer of overrides. This overrides the Context section of the application metadata. FILESYSTEM can take the same values as for--filesystem
, but the :ro and :create suffixes are not used here. This option can be used multiple times.This option does not prevent access to a more narrowly-scoped
--filesystem
. For example, if an application has the equivalent of--filesystem=xdg-config/MyApp
in its manifest or as a system-wide override, andflatpak override --user --nofilesystem=home
as a per-user override, then it will be prevented from accessing most of the home directory, but it will still be allowed to access$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/MyApp
.As a special case,
--nofilesystem=host:reset
will ignore all--filesystem
permissions inherited from the app manifest or a lower-precedence layer of overrides, in addition to having the behaviour of--nofilesystem=host
.--add-policy=SUBSYSTEM.KEY=VALUE
Add generic policy option. For example, "--add-policy=subsystem.key=v1 --add-policy=subsystem.key=v2" would map to this metadata:
[Policy subsystem] key=v1;v2;
This option can be used multiple times.
--remove-policy=SUBSYSTEM.KEY=VALUE
Remove generic policy option. This option can be used multiple times.
--env=VAR=VALUE
Set an environment variable in the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--unset-env=VAR
Unset an environment variable in the application. This overrides the unset-environment entry in the [Context] group of the metadata, and the [Environment] group. This option can be used multiple times.
--env-fd=
FD
Read environment variables from the file descriptor
FD
, and set them as if via--env
. This can be used to avoid environment variables and their values becoming visible to other users.Each environment variable is in the form
VAR
=VALUE
followed by a zero byte. This is the same format used byenv -0
and/proc/*/environ
.--own-name=NAME
Allow the application to own the well-known name NAME on the session bus. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--talk-name=NAME
Allow the application to talk to the well-known name NAME on the session bus. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--no-talk-name=NAME
Don't allow the application to talk to the well-known name NAME on the session bus. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--system-own-name=NAME
Allow the application to own the well known name NAME on the system bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the application to own all matching names. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--system-talk-name=NAME
Allow the application to talk to the well known name NAME on the system bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the application to talk to all matching names. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--system-no-talk-name=NAME
Don't allow the application to talk to the well known name NAME on the system bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the application to talk to all matching names. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--persist=FILENAME
If the application doesn't have access to the real homedir, make the (homedir-relative) path FILENAME a bind mount to the corresponding path in the per-application directory, allowing that location to be used for persistent data. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--reset
Remove overrides. If an APP is given, remove the overrides for that application, otherwise remove the global overrides.
--show
Shows overrides. If an APP is given, shows the overrides for that application, otherwise shows the global overrides.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Name
flatpak-permission-remove — Remove permissions
Synopsis
flatpak permission-remove
[OPTION...] TABLE ID [APP_ID]
Description
Removes an entry for the object with id ID to the permission store table TABLE . The ID must be in a suitable format for the table. If APP_ID is specified, only the entry for that application is removed.
The permission store is used by portals. Each portal generally has its own table in the permission store, and the format of the table entries is specific to each portal.
Name
flatpak-permissions — List permissions
Synopsis
flatpak permissions
[OPTION...] [TABLE] [ID]
Description
Lists dynamic permissions which are stored in the Flatpak permission store.
When called without arguments, lists all the entries in all permission store tables. When called with one argument, lists all the entries in the named table. When called with two arguments, lists the entry in the named table for the given object ID .
The permission store is used by portals. Each portal generally has its own table in the permission store, and the format of the table entries is specific to each portal.
Name
flatpak-permission-show — Show permissions
Synopsis
flatpak permission-show
[OPTION...] APP_ID
Description
Lists dynamic permissions for the given app which are stored in the Flatpak permission store.
When called without arguments, lists all the entries in all permission store tables. When called with one argument, lists all the entries in the named table. When called with two arguments, lists the entry in the named table for the given object ID.
The permission store is used by portals. Each portal generally has its own table in the permission store, and the format of the table entries is specific to each portal.
Name
flatpak-permission-reset — Reset permissions
Synopsis
flatpak permission-reset
[OPTION...] APP_ID
flatpak permission-reset
[OPTION...] --all
Description
Removes all permissions for the given app from the Flatpak permission store.
The permission store is used by portals. Each portal generally has its own table in the permission store, and the format of the table entries is specific to each portal.
Name
flatpak-permission-set — Set permissions
Synopsis
flatpak permission-set
[OPTION...] TABLE ID APP_ID [PERMISSION...]
Description
Set the permissions for an application in an entry in the permission store. The entry is identified by TABLE and ID, the application is identified by APP_ID. The PERMISSION strings must be in a format suitable for the table.
The permission store is used by portals. Each portal generally has its own table in the permission store, and the format of the table entries is specific to each portal.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
--data=DATA
Associate DATA with the entry. The data must be a serialized GVariant.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Name
flatpak-ps — Enumerate running instances
Synopsis
flatpak ps
[OPTION...]
Description
Lists useful information about running Flatpak instances.
To see full details of a running instance, you can open the file
/run/user/$UID/.flatpak/$INSTANCE/info
, where $INSTANCE
is the instance
ID reported by flatpak ps.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
--columns=FIELD,…
Specify what information to show about each instance. You can list multiple fields, or use this option multiple times.
Append :s[tart], :m[iddle], :e[nd] or :f[ull] to column names to change ellipsization.
Fields
The following fields are understood by the --columns
option:
- instance
Show the instance ID
- application
Show the application ID
- arch
Show the architecture
- branch
Show the application branch
- commit
Show the application commit
- runtime
Show the runtime ID
- runtime-branch
Show the runtime branch
- runtime-commit
Show the runtime commit
- pid
Show the PID of the wrapper process
- child-pid
Show the PID of the sandbox process
- active
Show whether the app is active (i.e. has an active window)
- background
Show whether the app is in the background (with no open windows)
- all
Show all columns
- help
Show the list of available columns
Note that field names can be abbreviated to a unique prefix.
Name
flatpak-remote-add — Add a remote repository
Synopsis
flatpak remote-add
[OPTION...] NAME LOCATION
Description
Adds a remote repository to the flatpak repository configuration.
NAME is the name for the new remote, and
LOCATION is a url or pathname.
The LOCATION is either a flatpak repository,
or a .flatpakrepo
file which
describes a repository. In the former case you may also have to specify
extra options, such as the gpg key for the repo.
Unless overridden with the --user
or --installation
options, this command
changes the default system-wide installation.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
--from
Assume the URI is a .flatpakrepo file rather than the repository itself. This is enabled by default if the extension is .flatpakrepo, so generally you don't need this option.
-u
,--user
Modify the per-user configuration.
--system
Modify the default system-wide configuration.
--installation=NAME
Modify a system-wide installation specified by NAME among those defined in
/etc/flatpak/installations.d/
. Using--installation=default
is equivalent to using--system
.--no-gpg-verify
Disable GPG verification for the added remote.
--prio=PRIO
Set the priority for the remote. Default is 1, higher is more prioritized. This is mainly used for graphical installation tools. It is also used when searching for a remote to provide an app's runtime. The app's origin is checked before other remotes with the same priority.
--subset=SUBSET
Limit the refs available from the remote to those that are part of the named subset.
--no-enumerate
Mark the remote as not enumerated. This means the remote will not be used to list applications, for instance in graphical installation tools.
--no-use-for-deps
Mark the remote as not to be used for automatic runtime dependency resolution.
--if-not-exists
Do nothing if the provided remote already exists.
--disable
Disable the added remote.
--title=TITLE
A title for the remote, e.g. for display in a UI.
--comment=COMMENT
A single-line comment for the remote, e.g. for display in a UI.
--description=DESCRIPTION
A full-paragraph description for the remote, e.g. for display in a UI.
--homepage=URL
URL for a website for the remote, e.g. for display in a UI.
--icon=URL
URL for an icon for the remote, e.g. for display in a UI.
--default-branch=BRANCH
A default branch for the remote, mainly for use in a UI.
--filter=PATH
Add a local filter to the remote. A filter file is a list of lines, each file starting with "allow" or "deny", and then a glob for the ref to allow or disallow. The globs specify a partial ref (i.e. you can leave out trailing parts which will then match everything), but otherwise only "*" is special, matching anything in that part of the ref.
By default all refs are allowed, but if a ref matches a deny rule it is disallowed unless it specifically matches an allow rule. This means you can use this to implement both allowlisting and blocklisting.
Here is an example filter file:
# This is an allowlist style filter as it denies all first deny * allow runtime/org.freedesktop.* allow org.some.app/arm allow org.signal.Signal/*/stable allow org.signal.Signal.*/*/stable
--gpg-import=FILE
Import gpg keys from the specified keyring file as trusted for the new remote. If the file is - the keyring is read from standard input.
--authenticator-name=NAME
Specify the authenticator to use for the remote.
--authenticator-option=KEY=VALUE
Specify an authenticator option for the remote.
--authenticator-install
Enable auto-installation of authenticator.
--no-authenticator-install
Disable auto-installation of authenticator.
--no-follow-redirect
Do not follow xa.redirect-url defined in the summary file.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Name
flatpak-remote-delete — Delete a remote repository
Synopsis
flatpak remote-delete
[OPTION...] NAME
Description
Removes a remote repository from the flatpak repository configuration. NAME is the name of an existing remote.
Unless overridden with the --system
, --user
, or --installation
options,
this command uses either the default system-wide installation or the
per-user one, depending on which has the specified
REMOTE .
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-u
,--user
Modify the per-user configuration.
--system
Modify the default system-wide configuration.
--installation=NAME
Modify a system-wide installation specified by NAME among those defined in
/etc/flatpak/installations.d/
. Using--installation=default
is equivalent to using--system
.--force
Remove remote even if its in use by installed apps or runtimes.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Name
flatpak-remote-info — Show information about an application or runtime in a remote
Synopsis
flatpak remote-info
[OPTION...] REMOTE REF
Description
Shows information about the runtime or application REF from the remote repository with the name REMOTE . You can find all configured remote repositories with flatpak remotes.
By default, the output is formatted in a friendly format.
If you specify one of the --show-…
options,
the output is instead formatted in a machine-readable format.
Unless overridden with the --system
, --user
, or --installation
options,
this command uses either the default system-wide installation or the
per-user one, depending on which has the specified
REMOTE .
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-u
,--user
Use the per-user configuration.
--system
Use the default system-wide configuration.
--installation=NAME
Use a system-wide installation specified by NAME among those defined in
/etc/flatpak/installations.d/
. Using--installation=default
is equivalent to using--system
.--cached
Prefer to use locally cached information if possible, even though it may be out of date. This is faster, but risks returning stale information. Also, some information is not cached so will not be available.
--runtime
Assume that REF is a runtime if not explicitly specified.
--app
Assume that REF is an app if not explicitly specified.
--arch=ARCH
The default architecture to look for, if not given explicitly in the REF . See flatpak --supported-arches for architectures supported by the host.
--commit=COMMIT
Show information about the specific commit, rather than the latest version.
--log
Display a log of previous versions.
-r
,--show-ref
Show the matched ref.
-c
,--show-commit
Show the commit id.
-p
,--show-parent
Show the parent commit id.
-m
,--show-metadata
Show the metadata.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Examples
$ flatpak --user remote-info flathub org.gnome.gedit
Ref: app/org.gnome.gedit/x86_64/stable ID: org.gnome.gedit Arch: x86_64 Branch: stable Date: 2017-07-31 16:05:22 +0000 Subject: Build org.gnome.gedit at 3ec291fc1ce4d78220527fa79576f4cc1481ebe5 Commit: 3de7e9dde3bb8382aad9dfbbff20eccd9bf2100bc1887a3619ec0372e8066bf7 Parent: - Download size: 3,4 MB Installed size: 11,1 MB Runtime: org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/3.24
Name
flatpak-remote-ls — Show available runtimes and applications
Synopsis
flatpak remote-ls
[OPTION...] [REMOTE]
Description
Shows runtimes and applications that are available in the remote repository with the name REMOTE , or all remotes if one isn't specified. You can find all configured remote repositories with flatpak remotes.
REMOTE can be a file:// URI pointing to a local repository instead of a remote name.
Unless overridden with the --system
, --user
, or --installation
options,
this command uses either the default system-wide installation or the
per-user one, depending on which has the specified
REMOTE .
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-u
,--user
Use the per-user configuration.
--system
Use the default system-wide configuration.
--installation=NAME
Use a system-wide installation specified by NAME among those defined in
/etc/flatpak/installations.d/
. Using--installation=default
is equivalent to using--system
.--cached
Prefer to use locally cached information if possible, even though it may be out of date. This is faster, but risks returning stale information.
-d
,--show-details
Show arches, branches and commit ids, in addition to the names. Equivalent to
--columns=all
.--runtime
Show only runtimes, omit applications.
--app
Show only applications, omit runtimes.
--all
,-a
Show everything. By default locale and debug extensions as well as secondary arches when the primary arch is available are hidden.
--updates
Show only those which have updates available.
--arch=ARCH
Show only those matching the specified architecture. By default, only supported architectures are shown. Use
--arch=*
to show all architectures. See flatpak --supported-arches for architectures supported by the host.-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
--app-runtime=RUNTIME
List applications that use the given runtime
--columns=FIELD,…
Specify what information to show about each ref. You can list multiple fields, or use this option multiple times.
Append :s[tart], :m[iddle], :e[nd] or :f[ull] to column names to change ellipsization.
Fields
The following fields are understood by the --columns
option:
- name
Show the name
- description
Show the application description
- application
Show the application or runtime ID
- arch
Show the arch
- branch
Show the branch
- version
Show the version
- ref
Show the ref
- origin
Show the origin remote
- commit
Show the active commit
- runtime
Show the used runtime
- installed-size
Show the installed size
- download-size
Show the download size
- options
Show options
- all
Show all columns
- help
Show the list of available columns
Note that field names can be abbreviated to a unique prefix.
Name
flatpak-remote-modify — Modify a remote repository
Synopsis
flatpak remote-modify
[OPTION...] NAME
Description
Modifies options for an existing remote repository in the flatpak repository configuration. NAME is the name for the remote.
Unless overridden with the --system
, --user
, or --installation
options,
this command uses either the default system-wide installation or the
per-user one, depending on which has the specified
REMOTE .
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-u
,--user
Modify the per-user configuration.
--system
Modify the default system-wide configuration.
--installation=NAME
Modify a system-wide installation specified by NAME among those defined in
/etc/flatpak/installations.d/
. Using--installation=default
is equivalent to using--system
.--no-gpg-verify
Disable GPG verification for the added remote.
--gpg-verify
Enable GPG verification for the added remote.
--prio=PRIO
Set the priority for the remote. Default is 1, higher is more prioritized. This is mainly used for graphical installation tools.
--subset=SUBSET
Limit the refs available from the remote to those that are part of the named subset.
--no-enumerate
Mark the remote as not enumerated. This means the remote will not be used to list applications, for instance in graphical installation tools. It will also not be used for runtime dependency resolution (as with
--no-use-for-deps
).--no-use-for-deps
Mark the remote as not to be used for automatic runtime dependency resolution.
--disable
Disable the remote. Disabled remotes will not be automatically updated from.
--enable
Enable the remote.
--enumerate
Mark the remote as enumerated. This means the remote will be used to list applications, for instance in graphical installation tools.
--use-for-deps
Mark the remote as to be used for automatic runtime dependency resolution.
--title=TITLE
A title for the remote, e.g. for display in a UI.
--comment=COMMENT
A single-line comment for the remote, e.g. for display in a UI.
--description=DESCRIPTION
A full-paragraph description for the remote, e.g. for display in a UI.
--homepage=URL
URL for a website for the remote, e.g. for display in a UI.
--icon=URL
URL for an icon for the remote, e.g. for display in a UI.
--default-branch=BRANCH
A default branch for the remote, mainly for use in a UI.
--collection-id=COLLECTION-ID
The globally unique identifier of the remote repository, to allow mirrors to be grouped. This must only be set to the collection ID provided by the remote, and must not be set if the remote does not provide a collection ID.
--url=URL
Set a new URL.
--update-metadata
Update the remote's extra metadata from the OSTree repository's summary file. Only xa.title and xa.default-branch are supported at the moment.
--no-filter
,--filter=FILE
Modify the path (or unset) for the local filter used for this remote. See flatpak-remote-add(1) for details about the filter file format.
--gpg-import=FILE
Import gpg keys from the specified keyring file as trusted for the new remote. If the file is - the keyring is read from standard input.
--authenticator-name=NAME
Specify the authenticator to use for the remote.
--authenticator-option=KEY=VALUE
Specify an authenticator option for the remote.
--authenticator-install
Enable auto-installation of authenticator.
--no-authenticator-install
Disable auto-installation of authenticator.
--follow-redirect
Follow xa.redirect-url defined in the summary file.
--no-follow-redirect
Do not follow xa.redirect-url defined in the summary file.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Name
flatpak-remotes — List remote repositories
Synopsis
flatpak remotes
[OPTION...]
Description
Lists the known remote repositories, in priority order.
By default, both per-user and system-wide installations
are shown. Use the --user
, --system
or --installation
options to change this.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-u
,--user
Show the per-user configuration.
--system
Show the default system-wide configuration.
--installation=NAME
Show a system-wide installation by NAME among those defined in
/etc/flatpak/installations.d/
. Using--installation=default
is equivalent to using--system
.-d
,--show-details
Show more information for each repository in addition to the name. Equivalent to
--columns=all
.--show-disabled
Show disabled repos.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
--columns=FIELD,…
Specify what information to show about each ref. You can list multiple fields, or use this option multiple times.
Append :s[tart], :m[iddle], :e[nd] or :f[ull] to column names to change ellipsization.
Fields
The following fields are understood by the --columns
option:
- name
Show the name of the remote
- title
Show the title of the remote
- url
Show the URL of the remote
- filter
Show the path to the client-side filter of the remote.
- collection
Show the collection ID of the remote
- priority
Show the priority of the remote
- options
Show options
- comment
Show comment
- description
Show description
- homepage
Show homepage
- icon
Show icon
- all
Show all columns
- help
Show the list of available columns
Note that field names can be abbreviated to a unique prefix.
Name
flatpak-repair — Repair a flatpak installation
Synopsis
flatpak repair
[OPTION...]
Description
Repair a flatpak installation by pruning and reinstalling invalid objects. The repair command does all of the following:
Scan all locally available refs, removing any that don't correspond to a deployed ref.
Verify each commit they point to, removing any invalid objects and noting any missing objects.
Remove any refs that had an invalid object, and any non-partial refs that had missing objects.
Prune all objects not referenced by a ref, which gets rid of any possibly invalid non-scanned objects.
Enumerate all deployed refs and re-install any that are not in the repo (or are partial for a non-subdir deploy).
Note that flatpak repair has to be run with root privileges to operate on the system installation.
An alternative command for repairing OSTree repositories is ostree fsck.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-u
,--user
Repair per-user installation.
--system
Repair system-wide installation.
--installation=NAME
Repair the system-wide installation specified by NAME among those defined in
/etc/flatpak/installations.d/
. Using --installation=default is equivalent to using --system .--dry-run
Only report inconsistencies, don't make any changes
--reinstall-all
Reinstall all refs, regardless of whether they were removed from the repo or not
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Name
flatpak-repo — Show information about a local repository
Synopsis
flatpak repo
[OPTION...] LOCATION
Description
Show information about a local repository.
If you need to modify a local repository, see the flatpak build-update-repo command, or use the ostree tool.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
--info
Print general information about a local repository.
--branches
List the branches in a local repository.
--metadata=BRANCH
Print metadata for a branch in the repository.
--commits=BRANCH
Show commits and deltas for a branch in the repository.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Name
flatpak-run — Run an application or open a shell in a runtime
Synopsis
flatpak run
[OPTION...] REF [ARG...]
Description
If REF names an installed application,
Flatpak runs the application in a sandboxed environment. Extra
arguments are passed on to the application. The current branch and arch of
the application is used unless otherwise specified with --branch
or --arch
. See
flatpak-make-current(1).
If REF names a runtime, a shell is opened in the
runtime. This is useful for development and testing. If there is ambiguity about
which branch to use, you will be prompted to choose. Use --branch
to avoid this. The primary arch is used unless otherwise specified with
--arch
.
By default, Flatpak will look for the application or runtime in the per-user
installation first, then in all system installations. This can be overridden
with the --user
, --system
and
--installation
options.
Flatpak creates a sandboxed environment for the application to run in
by mounting the right runtime at /usr
and a writable
directory at /var
, whose content is preserved between
application runs. The application itself is mounted at /app
.
The details of the sandboxed environment are controlled by the application
metadata and various options like --share
and --socket
that are passed to the run command: Access is allowed if it was requested either
in the application metadata file or with an option and the user hasn't overridden it.
The remaining arguments are passed to the command that gets run in the sandboxed
environment. See the --file-forwarding
option for handling of file
arguments.
Environment variables are generally passed on to the sandboxed application, with
certain exceptions. The application metadata can override environment variables,
as well as the --env
option. Apart from that, Flatpak always
unsets or overrides the following variables, since their session values
are likely to interfere with the functioning of the sandbox:
PATH |
LD_LIBRARY_PATH |
LD_PRELOAD |
LD_AUDIT |
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS |
XDG_DATA_DIRS |
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR |
SHELL |
TEMP |
TEMPDIR |
TMP |
TMPDIR |
PYTHONPATH |
PERLLIB |
PERL5LIB |
XCURSOR_PATH |
KRB5CCNAME |
XKB_CONFIG_ROOT |
GIO_EXTRA_MODULES |
GDK_BACKEND |
VK_ADD_DRIVER_FILES |
VK_ADD_LAYER_PATH |
VK_DRIVER_FILES |
VK_ICD_FILENAMES |
VK_LAYER_PATH |
__EGL_EXTERNAL_PLATFORM_CONFIG_DIRS |
__EGL_EXTERNAL_PLATFORM_CONFIG_FILENAMES |
__EGL_VENDOR_LIBRARY_DIRS |
__EGL_VENDOR_LIBRARY_FILENAMES |
Also several environment variables with the prefix "GST_" that are used by gstreamer are unset (since Flatpak 1.12.5).
Flatpak also overrides the XDG environment variables to point sandboxed applications
at their writable filesystem locations below ~/.var/app/$APPID/
:
XDG_DATA_HOME |
XDG_CONFIG_HOME |
XDG_CACHE_HOME |
XDG_STATE_HOME (since Flatpak 1.13) |
Apps can use the --persist=.local/state
and
--unset-env=XDG_STATE_HOME
options to get a
Flatpak 1.13-compatible ~/.local/state
on older versions of Flatpak.
The host values of these variables are made available inside the sandbox via these HOST_-prefixed variables:
HOST_XDG_DATA_HOME |
HOST_XDG_CONFIG_HOME |
HOST_XDG_CACHE_HOME |
HOST_XDG_STATE_HOME (since Flatpak 1.13) |
Flatpak sets the environment variable FLATPAK_ID
to the application
ID of the running app.
Flatpak also bind-mounts as read-only the host's /etc/os-release
(if available, or /usr/lib/os-release
as a fallback) to
/run/host/os-release
in accordance with the
os-release specification.
If parental controls support is enabled, flatpak will check the current user’s parental controls settings, and will refuse to run an app if it is blocklisted for the current user.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-u
,--user
Look for the application and runtime in per-user installations.
--system
Look for the application and runtime in the default system-wide installations.
--installation=NAME
Look for the application and runtime in the system-wide installation specified by NAME among those defined in
/etc/flatpak/installations.d/
. Using--installation=default
is equivalent to using--system
.-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
--arch=ARCH
The architecture to run. See flatpak --supported-arches for architectures supported by the host.
--command=COMMAND
The command to run instead of the one listed in the application metadata.
--cwd=DIR
The directory to run the command in. Note that this must be a directory inside the sandbox.
--branch=BRANCH
The branch to use.
-d
,--devel
Use the devel runtime that is specified in the application metadata instead of the regular runtime, and use a seccomp profile that is less likely to break development tools.
--runtime=RUNTIME
Use this runtime instead of the one that is specified in the application metadata. This is a full tuple, like for example org.freedesktop.Sdk/x86_64/1.2 , but partial tuples are allowed. Any empty or missing parts are filled in with the corresponding values specified by the app.
--runtime-version=VERSION
Use this version of the runtime instead of the one that is specified in the application metadata. This overrides any version specified with the --runtime option.
--share=SUBSYSTEM
Share a subsystem with the host session. This overrides the Context section from the application metadata. SUBSYSTEM must be one of: network, ipc. This option can be used multiple times.
--unshare=SUBSYSTEM
Don't share a subsystem with the host session. This overrides the Context section from the application metadata. SUBSYSTEM must be one of: network, ipc. This option can be used multiple times.
--socket=SOCKET
Expose a well known socket to the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. SOCKET must be one of: x11, wayland, fallback-x11, pulseaudio, system-bus, session-bus, ssh-auth, pcsc, cups, gpg-agent, inherit-wayland-socket. This option can be used multiple times.
--nosocket=SOCKET
Don't expose a well known socket to the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. SOCKET must be one of: x11, wayland, fallback-x11, pulseaudio, system-bus, session-bus, ssh-auth, pcsc, cups, gpg-agent, inherit-wayland-socket. This option can be used multiple times.
--device=DEVICE
Expose a device to the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. DEVICE must be one of: dri, input, kvm, shm, all. This option can be used multiple times.
--nodevice=DEVICE
Don't expose a device to the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. DEVICE must be one of: dri, input, kvm, shm, all. This option can be used multiple times.
--allow=FEATURE
Allow access to a specific feature. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. FEATURE must be one of: devel, multiarch, bluetooth. This option can be used multiple times.
See flatpak-build-finish(1) for the meaning of the various features.
--disallow=FEATURE
Disallow access to a specific feature. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. FEATURE must be one of: devel, multiarch, bluetooth. This option can be used multiple times.
--filesystem=FILESYSTEM
Allow the application access to a subset of the filesystem. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. FILESYSTEM can be one of: home, host, host-os, host-etc, xdg-desktop, xdg-documents, xdg-download, xdg-music, xdg-pictures, xdg-public-share, xdg-templates, xdg-videos, xdg-run, xdg-config, xdg-cache, xdg-data, an absolute path, or a homedir-relative path like ~/dir or paths relative to the xdg dirs, like xdg-download/subdir. The optional :ro suffix indicates that the location will be read-only. The optional :create suffix indicates that the location will be read-write and created if it doesn't exist. This option can be used multiple times. See the "[Context] filesystems" list in flatpak-metadata(5) for details of the meanings of these filesystems.
--nofilesystem=FILESYSTEM
Undo the effect of a previous
--filesystem=
FILESYSTEM in the app's manifest and/or the overrides set up with flatpak-override(1). This overrides the Context section of the application metadata. FILESYSTEM can take the same values as for--filesystem
, but the :ro and :create suffixes are not used here. This option can be used multiple times.This option does not prevent access to a more narrowly-scoped
--filesystem
. For example, if an application has the equivalent of--filesystem=xdg-config/MyApp
in its manifest or as a system-wide override, andflatpak override --user --nofilesystem=home
as a per-user override, then it will be prevented from accessing most of the home directory, but it will still be allowed to access$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/MyApp
.As a special case,
--nofilesystem=host:reset
will ignore all--filesystem
permissions inherited from the app manifest or flatpak-override(1), in addition to having the behaviour of--nofilesystem=host
.--add-policy=SUBSYSTEM.KEY=VALUE
Add generic policy option. For example, "--add-policy=subsystem.key=v1 --add-policy=subsystem.key=v2" would map to this metadata:
[Policy subsystem] key=v1;v2;
This option can be used multiple times.
--remove-policy=SUBSYSTEM.KEY=VALUE
Remove generic policy option. This option can be used multiple times.
--env=VAR=VALUE
Set an environment variable in the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--unset-env=VAR
Unset an environment variable in the application. This overrides the unset-environment entry in the [Context] group of the metadata, and the [Environment] group. This option can be used multiple times.
--env-fd=
FD
Read environment variables from the file descriptor
FD
, and set them as if via--env
. This can be used to avoid environment variables and their values becoming visible to other users.Each environment variable is in the form
VAR
=VALUE
followed by a zero byte. This is the same format used byenv -0
and/proc/*/environ
.--own-name=NAME
Allow the application to own the well known name NAME on the session bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the application to own all matching names. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--talk-name=NAME
Allow the application to talk to the well known name NAME on the session bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the application to talk to all matching names. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--no-talk-name=NAME
Don't allow the application to talk to the well known name NAME on the session bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the application to talk to all matching names. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--system-own-name=NAME
Allow the application to own the well known name NAME on the system bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the application to own all matching names. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--system-talk-name=NAME
Allow the application to talk to the well known name NAME on the system bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the application to talk to all matching names. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--system-no-talk-name=NAME
Don't allow the application to talk to the well known name NAME on the system bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the application to talk to all matching names. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--persist=FILENAME
If the application doesn't have access to the real homedir, make the (homedir-relative) path FILENAME a bind mount to the corresponding path in the per-application directory, allowing that location to be used for persistent data. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--no-session-bus
Run this instance without the filtered access to the session dbus connection. Note, this is the default when run with --sandbox.
--session-bus
Allow filtered access to the session dbus connection. This is the default, except when run with --sandbox.
In sandbox mode, even if you allow access to the session bus the sandbox cannot talk to or own the application ids (org.the.App.*) on the bus (unless explicitly added), only names in the .Sandboxed subset (org.the.App.Sandboxed.* and org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.org.the.App.Sandboxed.*).
--no-a11y-bus
Run this instance without the access to the accessibility bus. Note, this is the default when run with --sandbox.
--a11y-bus
Allow access to the accessibility bus. This is the default, except when run with --sandbox.
--sandbox
Run the application in sandboxed mode, which means dropping all the extra permissions it would otherwise have, as well as access to the session/system/a11y busses and document portal.
--log-session-bus
Log session bus traffic. This can be useful to see what access you need to allow in your D-Bus policy.
--log-system-bus
Log system bus traffic. This can be useful to see what access you need to allow in your D-Bus policy.
-p
,--die-with-parent
Kill the entire sandbox when the launching process dies.
--parent-pid=PID
Specifies the pid of the "parent" flatpak, used by --parent-expose-pids and --parent-share-pids.
--parent-expose-pids
Make the processes of the new sandbox visible in the sandbox of the parent flatpak, as defined by --parent-pid.
--parent-share-pids
Use the same process ID namespace for the processes of the new sandbox and the sandbox of the parent flatpak, as defined by --parent-pid. Implies --parent-expose-pids.
--instance-id-fd
Write the instance ID string to the given file descriptor.
--file-forwarding
If this option is specified, the remaining arguments are scanned, and all arguments that are enclosed between a pair of '@@' arguments are interpreted as file paths, exported in the document store, and passed to the command in the form of the resulting document path. Arguments between "@@u" and "@@" are considered URIs, and any "file:" URIs are exported. The exports are non-persistent and with read and write permissions for the application.
--app-path=
PATH
Instead of mounting the app's content on
/app
in the sandbox, mountPATH
on/app
, and the app's content on/run/parent/app
. If the app has extensions, they will also be redirected into/run/parent/app
, and will not be included in theLD_LIBRARY_PATH
inside the sandbox.--app-path=
As a special case,
--app-path=
(with an emptyPATH
) results in an empty directory being mounted on/app
.--usr-path=
PATH
Instead of mounting the runtime's files on
/usr
in the sandbox, mountPATH
on/usr
, and the runtime's normal files on/run/parent/usr
. If the runtime has extensions, they will also be redirected into/run/parent/usr
, and will not be included in theLD_LIBRARY_PATH
inside the sandbox.This option will usually only be useful if it is combined with
--app-path=
and--env=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=
....
Name
flatpak-search — Search for applications and runtimes
Synopsis
flatpak search
TEXT
Description
Searches for applications and runtimes matching TEXT . Note that this uses appstream data that can be updated with the flatpak update command. The appstream data is updated automatically only if it's at least a day old.
Options
The following options are understood:
-u
,--user
Only search through remotes in the per-user installation.
--system
Only search through remotes in the default system-wide installation.
--installation=NAME
Show a system-wide installation by NAME among those defined in
/etc/flatpak/installations.d/
. Using--installation=default
is equivalent to using--system
.-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
--columns=FIELD,…
Specify what information to show about each result. You can list multiple fields, or use this option multiple times.
Append :s[tart], :m[iddle], :e[nd] or :f[ull] to column names to change ellipsization.
Fields
The following fields are understood by the --columns
option:
- name
Show the name
- description
Show the description
- application
Show the application ID
- version
Show the version
- branch
Show the branch
- remotes
Show the remotes
- all
Show all columns
- help
Show the list of available columns
Note that field names can be abbreviated to a unique prefix.
Name
flatpak-uninstall — Uninstall an application or runtime
Synopsis
flatpak uninstall
[OPTION...] [REF...]
Description
Uninstalls an application or runtime. REF is a reference to the application or runtime to uninstall.
Each REF argument is a full or partial identifier in the flatpak ref format, which looks like "(app|runtime)/ID/ARCH/BRANCH". All elements except ID are optional and can be left out, including the slashes, so most of the time you need only specify ID. Any part left out will be matched against what is installed, and if there are multiple matches you will be prompted to choose between them. You will also be prompted if REF doesn't match any installed ref exactly but is similar (e.g. "gedit" is similar to "org.gnome.gedit"), but this fuzzy matching behavior is disabled if REF contains any slashes or periods.
By default this looks for both installed apps and runtimes with the given
REF , but you can limit this by using the --app
or --runtime
option, or by supplying the initial element in the REF .
Normally, this command removes the ref for this application/runtime from the
local OSTree repository and purges any objects that are no longer
needed to free up disk space. If the same application is later
reinstalled, the objects will be pulled from the remote repository
again. The --keep-ref
option can be used to prevent this.
When --delete-data
is specified while removing an app, its
data directory in ~/.var/app
and any permissions it might
have are removed. When --delete-data
is used without a
REF , all 'unowned' app data is removed.
Unless overridden with the --system
, --user
, or --installation
options, this command searches both the system-wide installation
and the per-user one for REF and errors
out if it exists in more than one.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
--keep-ref
Keep the ref for the application and the objects belonging to it in the local repository.
-u
,--user
Uninstalls from a per-user installation.
--system
Uninstalls from the default system-wide installation.
--installation=NAME
Uninstalls from a system-wide installation specified by NAME among those defined in
/etc/flatpak/installations.d/
. Using--installation=default
is equivalent to using--system
.--arch=ARCH
The architecture to uninstall, instead of the architecture of the host system. See flatpak --supported-arches for architectures supported by the host.
--all
Remove all refs on the system.
--unused
Remove unused refs on the system.
-y
,--assumeyes
Automatically answer yes to all questions. This is useful for automation.
--noninteractive
Produce minimal output and avoid most questions. This is suitable for use in non-interactive situations, e.g. in a build script.
--app
Only look for an app with the given name.
--runtime
Only look for a runtime with the given name.
--no-related
Don't uninstall related extensions, such as the locale data.
--force-remove
Remove files even if they're in use by a running application.
--delete-data
Remove app data in
~/.var/app
and in the permission store.-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Name
flatpak-update — Update an application or runtime
Synopsis
flatpak update
[OPTION...] [REF...]
flatpak update
[OPTION...] --appstream [REMOTE]
Description
Updates applications and runtimes. REF is a reference to the application or runtime to update. If no REF is given, everything is updated, as well as appstream info for all remotes.
Each REF argument is a full or partial identifier in the flatpak ref format, which looks like "(app|runtime)/ID/ARCH/BRANCH". All elements except ID are optional and can be left out, including the slashes, so most of the time you need only specify ID. Any part left out will be matched against what is installed, and if there are multiple matches an error message will list the alternatives.
By default this looks for both apps and runtimes with the given REF ,
but you can limit this by using the --app
or --runtime
option, or by supplying the initial
element in the REF .
Normally, this command updates the application to the tip
of its branch. But it is possible to check out another commit,
with the --commit
option.
If the configured remote for a ref being updated has a collection ID configured on it,
Flatpak will search the sideload-repos
directories configured
either with the --sideload-repo
option, or on a per-installation or
system-wide basis (see
flatpak(1)).
Note that updating a runtime is different from installing
a different branch, and runtime updates are expected to keep
strict compatibility. If an application update does cause
a problem, it is possible to go back to the previous
version, with the --commit
option.
In addition to updates, this command will offer to uninstall any unused end-of-life runtimes. Runtimes that were explicitly installed (not as a dependency) or explicitly pinned (see flatpak-pin(1)) are left installed even if unused and end-of-life.
Unless overridden with the --user
, --system
or --installation
option, this command updates
any matching refs in the standard system-wide installation and the per-user one.
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-u
,--user
Update a per-user installation.
--system
Update the default system-wide installation.
--installation=NAME
Updates a system-wide installation specified by NAME among those defined in
/etc/flatpak/installations.d/
. Using--installation=default
is equivalent to using--system
.--arch=ARCH
The architecture to update for. See flatpak --supported-arches for architectures supported by the host.
--subpath=PATH
Install only a subpath of the ref. This is mainly used to install a subset of locales. This can be added multiple times to install multiple subpaths. If this is not specified the subpaths specified at install time are reused.
--commit=COMMIT
Update to this commit, instead of the tip of the branch. You can find commits using flatpak remote-info --log REMOTE REF.
--no-deploy
Download the latest version, but don't deploy it.
--no-pull
Don't download the latest version, deploy whatever is locally available.
--no-related
Don't download related extensions, such as the locale data.
--no-deps
Don't update or install runtime dependencies when installing.
--app
Only look for an app with the given name.
--appstream
Update appstream for REMOTE , or all remotes if no remote is specified.
--runtime
Only look for a runtime with the given name.
--sideload-repo=PATH
Adds an extra local ostree repo as a source for installation. This is equivalent to using the
sideload-repos
directories (see flatpak(1)), but can be done on a per-command basis. Any path added here is used in addition to ones in those directories.-y
,--assumeyes
Automatically answer yes to all questions (or pick the most prioritized answer). This is useful for automation.
--noninteractive
Produce minimal output and avoid most questions. This is suitable for use in non-interactive situations, e.g. in a build script.
--force-remove
Remove old files even if they're in use by a running application.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--ostree-verbose
Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
Name
flatpak-spawn — Run commands in a sandbox
Synopsis
flatpak-spawn
[OPTION...] COMMAND [ARGUMENT...]
Description
Unlike other flatpak commands, flatpak-spawn is available to applications inside the sandbox. It runs COMMAND outside the sandbox: either in another sandbox, or on the host.
When called without --host
, flatpak-spawn
uses the Flatpak portal to create a copy of the sandbox it was called from,
optionally using tighter permissions and optionally the latest version of the
app and runtime (see --latest-version
).
Options
The following options are understood:
-h
,--help
Show help options and exit.
-v
,--verbose
Print debug information
--forward-fd=FD
Forward a file descriptor
--clear-env
Run with a clean environment
--watch-bus
Make the spawned command exit if the caller disappears from the session bus
--env=VAR=VALUE
Set an environment variable
--latest-version
Use the latest version of the refs that are used to set up the sandbox
--no-network
Run without network access
--sandbox
Run fully sandboxed. See the documentation for the
--sandbox
option in flatpak-run(1)See the
--sandbox-expose
and--sandbox-expose-ro
options for selective file access.--sandbox-expose=NAME
Expose read-write access to a file in the sandbox.
Note that absolute paths or subdirectories are not allowed. The files must be in the
sandbox
subdirectory of the instance directory (i.e.~/.var/app/$APP_ID/sandbox
).This option is useful in combination with
--sandbox
(otherwise the instance directory is accessible anyway).--sandbox-expose-ro=NAME
Expose readonly access to a file in the sandbox.
Note that absolute paths or subdirectories are not allowed. The files must be in the
sandbox
subdirectory of the instance directory (i.e.~/.var/app/$APP_ID/sandbox
).This option is useful in combination with
--sandbox
(otherwise the instance directory is accessible anyway).--host
Run the command unsandboxed on the host. This requires access to the org.freedesktop.Flatpak D-Bus interface.
--directory=DIR
The working directory in which to run the command.
Note that the given directory must exist in the sandbox or, when used in conjunction with
--host
, on the host.
Table of Contents
- flatpakrepo — Reference to a remote
- flatpakref — Reference to a remote for an application or runtime
- flatpak installation — Configuration for an installation location
- flatpak metadata — Information about an application or runtime
- flatpak remote — Configuration for a remote
Name
flatpakrepo — Reference to a remote
Description
Flatpak uses flatpakrepo files to share information about remotes.
The flatpakrepo
file contains enough information
to add the remote. Use the flatpak remote-add --from
command to do so.
flatpakrepo files may also contain additional information that is useful when displaying a remote to the user, e.g. in an app store.
The filename extension commonly used for flatpakrepo files is .flatpakrepo
.
flatpakrepo files can also be placed in /etc/flatpak/remotes.d/
to statically preconfigure system-wide remotes. Such files must use the
.flatpakrepo
extension.
File format
The flatpakrepo file is using the same .ini file format that is used for systemd unit files or application .desktop files.
[Flatpak Repo]
All the information is contained in the [Flatpak Repo] group.
The following keys can be present in this group:
Version
(uint64)The version of the file format, must be 1 if present.
Url
(string)The url for the remote. This key is mandatory.
GPGKey
(string)The base64-encoded gpg key for the remote.
DefaultBranch
(string)The default branch to use for this remote.
Subset
(string)Limit the remote to the named subset of refs.
Title
(string)The title of the remote. This should be a user-friendly name that can be displayed e.g. in an app store.
Comment
(string)A short summary of the remote, for display e.g. in an app store.
Description
(string)A longer description of the remote, for display e.g. in an app store.
Icon
(string)The url for an icon that can be used to represent the remote.
Homepage
(string)The url of a webpage describing the remote.
Filter
(string)The path of a local file to use to filter remote refs. See flatpak-remote-add(1) for details on the format of the file.
Note: This field is treated a bit special by flatpak remote-add. If you install a remote with --if-not-exists then and the remote is already configured, then the filter field of the remote configuration will be update anyway. And, if the filter field is *not* specified then any existing filters are cleared. The goal here is to allow a pre-configured filtered remote to be replaced with the regular one if you add the normal upstream (unfiltered) flatpakrepo file.
DeploySideloadCollectionID
(string)The collection ID of the remote, if it has one. This uniquely identifies the collection of apps in the remote, to allow peer to peer redistribution (see flatpak(1)). It is recommended to use this key over DeployCollectionID or CollectionID because only newer clients (Flatpak 1.12.8 or later) pay attention to it (and older clients don't handle collection IDs properly).
DeployCollectionID
(string)This is deprecated but still supported for backwards compatibility. Use DeploySideloadCollectionID instead.
CollectionID
(string)This is deprecated but still supported for backwards compatibility. Use DeploySideloadCollectionID instead.
Example
[Flatpak Repo] Title=gedit Url=http://sdk.gnome.org/repo-apps/ GPGKey=mQENBFUUCGcBCAC/K9WeV4xCaKr3NKRqPXeY5mpaXAJyasLqCtrDx92WUgbu0voWrhohNAKpqizod2dvzc/XTxm3rHyIxmNfdhz1gaGhynU75Qw4aJVcly2eghTIl++gfDtOvrOZo/VuAq30f32dMIgHQdRwEpgCwz7WyjpqZYltPAEcCNL4MTChAfiHJeeiQ5ibystNBW8W6Ymf7sO4m4g5+/aOxI54oCOzD9TwBAe+yXcJJWtc2rAhMCjtyPJzxd0ZVXqIzCe1xRvJ6Rq7YCiMbiM2DQFWXKnmYQbj4TGNMnwNdAajCdrcBWEMSbzq7EzuThIJRd8Ky4BkEe1St6tuqwFaMZz+F9eXABEBAAG0KEdub21lIFNESyAzLjE2IDxnbm9tZS1vcy1saXN0QGdub21lLm9yZz6JATgEEwECACIFAlUUCGcCGwMGCwkIBwMCBhUIAgkKCwQWAgMBAh4BAheAAAoJEArkz6VV0VKBa5cH/0vXa31YgEjNk78gGFXqnQxdD1WYA87OYxDi189l4lA802EFTF4wCBuZyDOqdd5BhS3Ab0cR778DmZXRUP2gwe+1zTJypU2JMnDpkwJ4NK1VP6/tE4SAPrznBtmb76BKaWBqUfZ9Wq1zg3ugvqkZB/Exq+usypIOwQVp1KL58TrjBRda0HvRctzkNhr0qYAtkfLFe0GvksBp4vBm8uGwAx7fw/HbhIjQ9pekTwvB+5GwDPO/tSip/1bQfCS+XJB8Ffa04HYPLGedalnWBrwhYY+G/kn5Zh9L/AC8xeLwTJTHM212rBjPa9CWs9C6a57MSaeGIEHLC1hEyiJJ15w8jmY= DeployCollectionID=org.gnome.Apps
Name
flatpakref — Reference to a remote for an application or runtime
Description
Flatpak uses flatpakref files to share information about a remote for
a single application. The flatpakref
file contains
enough information to add the remote and install the application.
Use the flatpak install --from command to do so.
flatpakref files may also contain additional information that is useful when displaying the application to the user, e.g. in an app store.
The filename extension commonly used for flatpakref files is .flatpakref
.
A flatpakref file can also refer to a remote for a runtime.
File format
The flatpakref file is using the same .ini file format that is used for systemd unit files or application .desktop files.
[Flatpak Ref]
All the information is contained in the [Flatpak Ref] group.
The following keys can be present in this group:
Version
(uint64)The version of the file format, must be 1 if present.
Name
(string)The fully qualified name of the runtime or application. This key is mandatory.
Url
(string)The url for the remote. This key is mandatory.
Branch
(string)The name of the branch from which to install the application or runtime. If this key is not specified, the "master" branch is used.
Title
(string)The title of the application or runtime. This should be a user-friendly name that can be displayed e.g. in an app store.
Comment
(string)A short summary of the application or runtime, for display e.g. in an app store.
Description
(string)A longer description of the application or runtime, for display e.g. in an app store.
Icon
(string)The url for an icon that can be used to represent the application or runtime.
Homepage
(string)The url of a webpage describing the application or runtime.
DeploySideloadCollectionID
(string)The collection ID of the remote, if it has one. This uniquely identifies the collection of apps in the remote, to allow peer to peer redistribution (see flatpak(1)). It is recommended to use this key over DeployCollectionID or CollectionID because only newer clients (Flatpak 1.12.8 or later) pay attention to it (and older clients don't handle collection IDs properly).
DeployCollectionID
(string)This is deprecated but still supported for backwards compatibility. Use DeploySideloadCollectionID instead.
CollectionID
(string)This is deprecated but still supported for backwards compatibility. Use DeploySideloadCollectionID instead.
IsRuntime
(boolean)Whether this file refers to a runtime. If this key is not specified, the file is assumed to refer to an application.
GPGKey
(string)The base64-encoded gpg key for the remote.
RuntimeRepo
(string)The url for a .flatpakrepo file for the remote where the runtime can be found. Note that if the runtime is available in the remote providing the app, that remote may be used instead but the one specified by this option will still be added.
SuggestRemoteName
(string)A suggested name for the remote.
Example
[Flatpak Ref] Title=gedit Name=org.gnome.gedit Branch=stable Url=http://sdk.gnome.org/repo-apps/ IsRuntime=false GPGKey=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 DeployCollectionID=org.gnome.Apps
Name
flatpak-installation — Configuration for an installation location
Description
flatpak can operate in system-wide or per-user mode. The system-wide data
is located in $prefix/var/lib/flatpak/
, and the per-user data is in
$HOME/.local/share/flatpak/
.
In addition to the default installation locations, more system-wide installations
can be defined via configuration files /etc/flatpak/installations.d/
,
which must have the .conf extension and follow the format described below.
File format
The installation config file format is using the same .ini file format that is used for systemd unit files or application .desktop files.
[Installation …]
All the configuration for the the installation location with name NAME is contained in the [Installation "NAME"] group.
The following keys are recognized:
Path
(string)The path for this installation. This key is mandatory.
DisplayName
(string)The name to use when showing this installation in the UI.
Priority
(integer)A priority for this installation.
StorageType
(string)The type of storage used for this installation. Possible values include: network, mmc, sdcard, harddisk.
Name
flatpak-metadata — Information about an application or runtime
Description
Flatpak uses metadata files to describe applications and runtimes.
The metadata
file for a deployed application or
runtime is placed in the toplevel deploy directory. For example, the
metadata for the locally installed application org.gnome.Calculator
is in
~/.local/share/flatpak/app/org.gnome.Calculator/current/active/metadata
.
Most aspects of the metadata configuration can be overridden when launching applications, either temporarily via options of the flatpak run command, or permanently with the flatpak override command.
A metadata file describing the effective configuration is available
inside the running sandbox at /.flatpak-info
.
For compatibility with older Flatpak versions,
/run/user/$UID/flatpak-info
is a symbolic
link to the same file.
File format
The metadata file is using the same .ini file format that is used for systemd unit files or application .desktop files.
[Application] or [Runtime]
Metadata for applications starts with an [Application] group, metadata for runtimes with a [Runtime] group.
The following keys can be present in these groups:
name
(string)The name of the application or runtime. This key is mandatory.
runtime
(string)The fully qualified name of the runtime that is used by the application. This key is mandatory for applications.
sdk
(string)The fully qualified name of the sdk that matches the runtime. Available since 0.1.
command
(string)The command to run. Only relevant for applications. Available since 0.1.
required-flatpak
(string list)The required version of Flatpak to run this application or runtime. For applications, this was available since 0.8.0. For runtimes, this was available since 0.9.1, and backported to 0.8.3 for the 0.8.x branch.
Flatpak after version 1.4.3 and 1.2.5 support multiple versions here. This can be useful if you need to support features that are backported to a previous stable series. For example if you want to use a feature added in 1.6.0 that was also backported to 1.4.4 you would use
1.6.0;1.4.4;
. Note that older versions of flatpak will just use the first element in the list, so make that the largest version.tags
(string list)Tags to include in AppStream XML. Typical values in use on Flathub include
beta
,stable
,proprietary
andupstream-maintained
. Available since 0.4.12.
[Context]
This group determines various system resources that may be shared with the application when it is run in a flatpak sandbox.
All keys in this group (and the group itself) are optional.
shared
(list)List of subsystems to share with the host system. Possible subsystems: network, ipc. Available since 0.3.
sockets
(list)List of well-known sockets to make available in the sandbox. Possible sockets: x11, wayland, fallback-x11, pulseaudio, session-bus, system-bus, ssh-auth, pcsc, cups, gpg-agent, inherit-wayland-socket. When making a socket available, flatpak also sets well-known environment variables like DISPLAY or DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS to let the application find sockets that are not in a fixed location. Available since 0.3.
devices
(list)List of devices to make available in the sandbox. Possible values:
dri
Graphics direct rendering (
/dev/dri
). Available since 0.3.input
Input devices (
/dev/input
). Available since 1.15.6.kvm
Virtualization (
/dev/kvm
). Available since 0.6.12.all
All device nodes in
/dev
, but not /dev/shm (which is separately specified). Available since 0.6.6.shm
Access to the host /dev/shm (
/dev/shm
). Available since 1.6.1.
filesystems
(list)List of filesystem subsets to make available to the application. Possible values:
home
The entire home directory. Available since 0.3.
home/
path
Alias for
~/path
Available since 1.10. For better compatibility with older Flatpak versions, prefer to write this as~/path
.host
The entire host file system, except for directories that are handled specially by Flatpak. In particular, this shares
/home
,/media
,/opt
,/run/media
and/srv
if they exist./dev
is not shared: usedevices=all;
instead.Parts of
/sys
are always shared. This option does not make additional files in /sys available.Additionally, this keyword provides all of the same directories in
/run/host
as thehost-os
andhost-etc
keywords. If this keyword is used in conjunction with one of thehost-
keywords, whichever access level is higher (more permissive) will be used for the directories in/run/host
: for example,host:rw;host-os:ro;
is equivalent tohost:rw;
.These other reserved directories are currently excluded:
/app
,/bin
,/boot
,/efi
,/etc
,/lib
,/lib32
,/lib64
,/proc
,/root
,/run
,/sbin
,/tmp
,/usr
,/var
.Available since 0.3.
host-os
The host operating system's libraries, executables and static data from
/usr
and the related directories/bin
,/lib
,/lib32
,/lib64
,/sbin
. Additionally, this keyword provides access to a subset of/etc
that is associated with packaged libraries and executables, even if thehost-etc
keyword was not used:/etc/ld.so.cache
, (used by the dynamic linker) and/etc/alternatives
(on operating systems that use it, such as Debian).To avoid conflicting with the Flatpak runtime, these are mounted in the sandbox at
/run/host/usr
,/run/host/etc/ld.so.cache
and so on.Available since 1.7.
host-etc
The host operating system's configuration from
/etc
.To avoid conflicting with the Flatpak runtime, this is mounted in the sandbox at
/run/host/etc
.Available since 1.7.
xdg-desktop
,xdg-documents
,xdg-download
,xdg-music
,xdg-pictures
,xdg-public-share
,xdg-videos
,xdg-templates
freedesktop.org special directories. Available since 0.3.
xdg-desktop/
,path
xdg-documents/
, etc.path
Subdirectories of freedesktop.org special directories. Available since 0.4.13.
-
xdg-cache
,xdg-config
,xdg-data
Directories defined by the freedesktop.org Base Directory Specification. Available since 0.6.14.
-
xdg-cache/
,path
xdg-config/
,path
xdg-data/
path
Subdirectories of directories defined by the freedesktop.org Base Directory Specification. Available since 0.6.14.
-
xdg-run/
path
Subdirectories of the
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
defined by the freedesktop.org Base Directory Specification. Note thatxdg-run
on its own is not supported. Available since 0.4.13.-
/
path
An arbitrary absolute path. Available since 0.3.
-
~/
path
An arbitrary path relative to the home directory. Available since 0.3.
~
The same as
home
. Available since 1.10. For better compatibility with older Flatpak versions, prefer to write this ashome
.-
One of the above followed by
:ro
Make the given directory available read-only.
-
One of the above followed by
:rw
Make the given directory available read/write. This is the default.
-
One of the above followed by
:create
Make the given directory available read/write, and create it if it does not already exist.
persistent
(list)List of homedir-relative paths to make available at the corresponding path in the per-application home directory, allowing the locations to be used for persistent data when the application does not have access to the real homedir. For instance making ".myapp" persistent would make "~/.myapp" in the sandbox a bind mount to "~/.var/app/org.my.App/.myapp", thus allowing an unmodified application to save data in the per-application location. Available since 0.3.
features
(list)List of features available or unavailable to the application, currently from the following list:
devel
Allow system calls used by development-oriented tools such as perf, strace and gdb. Available since 0.6.10.
multiarch
Allow running multilib/multiarch binaries, for example
i386
binaries in anx86_64
environment. Available since 0.6.12.bluetooth
Allow the application to use bluetooth (AF_BLUETOOTH) sockets. Note, for bluetooth to fully work you must also have network access. Available since 0.11.8.
canbus
Allow the application to use canbus (AF_CAN) sockets. Note, for this work you must also have network access. Available since 1.0.3.
per-app-dev-shm
Share a single instance of
/dev/shm
between all instances of this application run by the same user ID, including sub-sandboxes. If the application has theshm
device permission in itsdevices
list, then this feature flag is ignored. Available since 1.12.0.
A feature can be prefixed with
!
to indicate the absence of that feature, for example!devel
if development and debugging are not allowed.unset-environment
(list)A list of names of environment variables to unset. Note that environment variables to set to a value (possibly empty) appear in the [Environment] group instead.
[Instance]
This group only appears in /.flatpak-info
for a running app, and not in the metadata files written by
application authors. It is filled in by Flatpak itself.
instance-id
(string)The ID of the running instance. This number is used as the name of the directory in
where Flatpak stores information about this instance.XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
/.flatpakinstance-path
(string)The absolute path on the host system of the app's persistent storage area in
$HOME/.var
.app-path
(string)The absolute path on the host system of the app's app files, as mounted at
/app
inside the container. Available since 0.6.10.Since 1.12.0, if flatpak run was run with the
--app-path
option, this key gives the absolute path of whatever files were mounted on/app
, even if that differs from the app's normal app files.If flatpak run was run with
--app-path=
(resulting in an empty directory being mounted on/app
), the value is set to the empty string.original-app-path
(string)If flatpak run was run with the
--app-path
option, this key gives the absolute path of the app's original files, as mounted at/run/parent/app
inside the container. Available since 1.12.0.If this key is missing, the app files are given by
app-path
.app-commit
(string)The commit ID of the application that is running. The filename of a deployment of this commit can be found in
original-app-path
if present, orapp-path
otherwise.app-extensions
(list of strings)A list of app extensions that are mounted into the running instance. The format for each list item is
EXTENSION_ID=COMMIT
. Iforiginal-app-path
is present, the extensions are mounted below/run/parent/app
; otherwise, they are mounted below/app
.branch
(string)The branch of the app, for example
stable
. Available since 0.6.10.arch
(string)The architecture of the running instance.
flatpak-version
(string)The version number of the Flatpak version that ran this app. Available since 0.6.11.
runtime-path
(string)The absolute path on the host system of the app's runtime files, as mounted at
/usr
inside the container. Available since 0.6.10.Since 1.12.0, if flatpak run was run with the
--usr-path
option, this key gives the absolute path of whatever files were mounted on/usr
, even if that differs from the app's normal runtime files.original-runtime-path
(string)If flatpak run was run with the
--runtime-path
option, this key gives the absolute path of the app's original runtime, as mounted at/run/parent/usr
inside the container. Available since 1.12.0.If this key is missing, the runtime files are given by
runtime-path
.runtime-commit
(string)The commit ID of the runtime that is used. The filename of a deployment of this commit can be found in
original-runtime-path
if present, orruntime-path
otherwise.runtime-extensions
(list of strings)A list of runtime extensions that are mounted into the running instance. The format for each list item is
EXTENSION_ID=COMMIT
. Iforiginal-app-path
is present, the extensions are mounted below/run/parent/usr
; otherwise, they are mounted below/usr
.extra-args
(string)Extra arguments that were passed to flatpak run.
sandbox
(boolean)Whether the
--sandbox
option was passed to flatpak run.build
(boolean)Whether this instance was created by flatpak build.
session-bus-proxy
(boolean)True if this app cannot access the D-Bus session bus directly (either it goes via a proxy, or it cannot access the session bus at all). Available since 0.8.0.
system-bus-proxy
(boolean)True if this app cannot access the D-Bus system bus directly (either it goes via a proxy, or it cannot access the system bus at all). Available since 0.8.0.
[Session Bus Policy]
If the sockets
key is not allowing full access
to the D-Bus session bus, then flatpak provides filtered access.
The default policy for the session bus only allows the application to own its own application ID, its subnames and its own application id as a subname of "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2". For instance if the app is called "org.my.App", it can only own "org.my.App", "org.my.App.*" and "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.org.my.App". It is only allowed to talk to names matching those patterns, plus the bus itself (org.freedesktop.DBus) and the portal APIs (bus names of the form org.freedesktop.portal.*).
Additionally the app is always allowed to reply to messages sent to it, and emit broadcast signals (but these will not reach other sandboxed apps unless they are allowed to talk to your app.
If the [Session Bus Policy] group is present, it provides policy for session bus access.
Each key in this group has the form of a D-Bus bus name or
prefix thereof, for example org.gnome.SessionManager
or org.freedesktop.portal.*
The possible values for entry are, in increasing order or access:
none
The bus name or names in question is invisible to the application. Available since 0.2.
see
The bus name or names can be enumerated by the application. Available since 0.2.
talk
The application can send messages/ and receive replies and signals from the bus name or names. Available since 0.2.
own
The application can own the bus name or names (as well as all the above). Available since 0.2.
[System Bus Policy]
If the sockets
key is not allowing full access
to the D-Bus system bus, then flatpak does not make the system
bus available unless the [System Bus Policy] group is present
and provides a policy for filtered access. Available since 0.2.
Entries in this group have the same form as for the [Session Bus Policy] group. However, the app has no permissions by default.
[Environment]
The [Environment] group specifies environment variables to set when running the application. Available since 0.3.
Entries in this group have the form VAR=VALUE
where VAR
is the name of an environment variable
to set.
Note that environment variables can also be unset (removed
from the environment) by listing them in the
unset-environment
entry of the
[Context] group.
[Extension NAME]
Runtimes and applications can define extension points, which allow optional, additional runtimes to be mounted at a specified location inside the sandbox when they are present on the system. Typical uses for extension points include translations for applications, or debuginfo for sdks. The name of the extension point is specified as part of the group heading. Since 0.11.4, the name may optionally include a tag in the NAME in the name@tag ref syntax if you wish to use different configurations (eg, versions) of the same extension concurrently. The "tag" is effectively ignored, but is necessary in order to allow the same extension name to be specified more than once.
directory
(string)The relative path at which the extension will be mounted in the sandbox. If the extension point is for an application, the path is relative to
/app
, otherwise it is relative to/usr
. This key is mandatory. Available since 0.1.version
(string)The branch to use when looking for the extension. If this is not specified, it defaults to the branch of the application or runtime that the extension point is for. Available since 0.4.1.
versions
(string)The branches to use when looking for the extension. If this is not specified, it defaults to the branch of the application or runtime that the extension point is for. Available since 0.9.1, and backported to the 0.8.x branch in 0.8.4.
add-ld-path
(string)A path relative to the extension point directory that will be appended to LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Available since 0.9.1, and backported to the 0.8.x branch in 0.8.3.
merge-dirs
(string)A list of relative paths of directories below the extension point directory that will be merged. Available since 0.9.1, and backported to the 0.8.x branch in 0.8.3.
download-if
(string)A condition that must be true for the extension to be auto-downloaded. As of 1.1.1 this supports multiple conditions separated by semi-colons.
These are the supported conditions:
active-gl-driver
Is true if the name of the active GL driver matches the extension point basename. Available since 0.9.1, and backported to the 0.8.x branch in 0.8.3.
active-gtk-theme
Is true if the name of the current GTK theme (via org.gnome.desktop.interface GSetting) matches the extension point basename. Added 0.10.1.
have-intel-gpu
Is true if the i915 kernel module is loaded. Added 0.10.1.
have-kernel-module-*
Is true if the suffix (case-sensitive) is found in
/proc/modules
. For examplehave-kernel-module-nvidia
. Added 1.13.1.on-xdg-desktop-*
Is true if the suffix (case-insensitively) is in the
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP
env var. For exampleon-xdg-desktop-GNOME-classic
. Added 1.1.1.
autoprune-unless
(string)A condition that must be false for the extension to be considered unused when pruning. For example, flatpak uninstall --unused and flatpak update use this information. The only currently recognized value is active-gl-driver, which is true if the name of the active GL driver matches the extension point basename. Available since 0.11.8.
enable-if
(string)A condition that must be true for the extension to be enabled. As of 1.1.1 this supports multiple conditions separated by semi-colons. See
download-if
for available conditions.subdirectory-suffix
(string)A suffix that gets appended to the directory name. This is very useful when the extension point naming scheme is "reversed". For example, an extension point for GTK+ themes would be /usr/share/themes/$NAME/gtk-3.0, which could be achieved using subdirectory-suffix=gtk-3.0. Available since 0.9.1, and backported to the 0.8.x branch in 0.8.3.
subdirectories
(boolean)If this key is set to true, then flatpak will look for extensions whose name is a prefix of the extension point name, and mount them at the corresponding name below the subdirectory. Available since 0.1.
no-autodownload
(boolean)Whether to automatically download extensions matching this extension point when updating or installing a 'related' application or runtime. Available since 0.6.7.
locale-subset
(boolean)If set, then the extensions are partially downloaded by default, based on the currently configured locales. This means that the extension contents should be a set of directories with the language code as name. Available since 0.9.13 (and 0.6.6 for any extensions called *.Locale)
autodelete
(boolean)Whether to automatically delete extensions matching this extension point when deleting a 'related' application or runtime. Available since 0.6.7.
collection-id
(string)The ID of the collection that this extension point belongs to. If this is unspecified, it defaults to the collection ID of the application or runtime that the extension point is for. Currently, extension points must be in the same collection as the application or runtime that they are for. Available since 0.99.1.
[ExtensionOf]
This optional group may be present if the runtime is an extension.
ref
(string)The ref of the runtime or application that this extension belongs to. Available since 0.9.1.
runtime
(string)The runtime this extension will be inside of. If it is an app extension, this is the app's runtime; otherwise, this is identical to ref, without the runtime/ prefix. Available since 1.5.0.
priority
(integer)The priority to give this extension when looking for the best match. Default is 0. Available since 0.9.1, and backported to the 0.8.x branch in 0.8.3.
tag
(string)The tag name to use when searching for this extension's mount point in the parent flatpak. Available since 0.11.4.
[Extra Data]
This optional group may be present if the runtime or application uses extra data that gets downloaded separately. The data in this group gets merged into the repository summary, with the xa.extra-data-sources key.
If multiple extra data sources are present, their uri, size and checksum keys are grouped together by using the same suffix. If only one extra data source is present, the suffix can be omitted.
NoRuntime
(boolean)Whether to mount the runtime while running the /app/bin/apply_extra script. Defaults to true, i.e. not mounting the runtime. Available since 0.9.1, and backported to the 0.8.x branch in 0.8.4.
uri
(string)X
The uri for extra data source
X
. The only supported uri schemes are http and https. Available since 0.6.13.size
(integer)X
The size for extra data source
X
. Available since 0.6.13.checksum
(string)X
The sha256 sum for extra data source
X
. Available since 0.6.13.
Example
[Application] name=org.gnome.Calculator runtime=org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/3.20 sdk=org.gnome.Sdk/x86_64/3.20 command=gnome-calculator [Context] shared=network;ipc; sockets=x11;wayland; filesystems=xdg-run/dconf;~/.config/dconf:ro; [Session Bus Policy] ca.desrt.dconf=talk [Environment] DCONF_USER_CONFIG_DIR=.config/dconf [Extension org.gnome.Calculator.Locale] directory=share/runtime/locale subdirectories=true [Extension org.gnome.Calculator.Debug] directory=lib/debug
Name
flatpak-remote — Configuration for a remote
Description
Flatpak stores information about configured remotes for an installation location in
$installation/repo/config
. For example, the remotes for the
default system-wide installation are in
$prefix/var/lib/flatpak/repo/config
, and the remotes for the
per-user installation are in $HOME/.local/share/flatpak/repo/config
.
Normally, it is not necessary to edit remote config files directly, the flatpak remote-modify command should be used to change properties of remotes.
System-wide remotes can be statically preconfigured by dropping
flatpakrepo(5) files into /etc/flatpak/remotes.d/
.
File format
The remote config file format is using the same .ini file format that is used for systemd unit files or application .desktop files.
[remote …]
All the configuration for the the remote with name NAME is contained in the [remote "NAME"] group.
The following keys are recognized by OSTree, among others:
url
(string)The url for the remote. An URL of the form oci+https:// or oci+http:// is a Flatpak extension that indicates that the remote is not an ostree repository, but is rather an URL to an index of OCI images that are stored within a container image registry.
gpg-verify
(boolean)Whether to use GPG verification for content from this remote.
gpg-verify-summary
(boolean)Whether to use GPG verification for the summary of this remote.
This is ignored if
collection-id
is set, as refs are verified in commit metadata in that case. Enablinggpg-verify-summary
would break peer to peer distribution of refs.collection-id
(string)The globally unique identifier for the upstream collection repository, to allow mirrors to be grouped.
All flatpak-specific keys have a xa. prefix:
xa.disable
(boolean)Whether the remote is disabled. Defaults to false.
xa.prio
(integer)The priority for the remote. This is used when listing remotes, and when searching them for the runtime needed by an app. The remote providing the app is searched for its runtime before others with equal priority. Defaults to 1.
xa.noenumerate
(boolean)Whether this remote should be ignored when presenting available apps/runtimes, or when searching for a runtime dependency. Defaults to false.
xa.nodeps
(boolean)Whether this remote should be excluded when searching for dependencies. Defaults to false.
xa.title
(string)An optional title to use when presenting this remote in a UI.
xa.title-is-set
(boolean)This key is set to true if
xa.title
has been explicitly set.xa.comment
(string)An optional single-line comment to use when presenting this remote in a UI.
xa.comment-is-set
(boolean)This key is set to true if
xa.comment
has been explicitly set.xa.description
(string)An optional full-paragraph of text to use when presenting this remote in a UI.
xa.description-is-set
(boolean)This key is set to true if
xa.description
has been explicitly set.xa.homepage
(string)An optional URL that points to a website for this repository to use when presenting this remote in a UI.
xa.homepage-is-set
(boolean)This key is set to true if
xa.homepage
has been explicitly set.xa.icon
(string)An optional URL that points to an icon for this repository to use when presenting this remote in a UI.
xa.icon-is-set
(boolean)This key is set to true if
xa.icon
has been explicitly set.xa.default-branch
(string)The default branch to use when installing from this remote.
xa.default-branch-is-set
(boolean)This key is set to true if
xa.default-branch
has been explicitly set.xa.main-ref
(string)The main reference served by this remote. This is used for origin remotes of applications installed via a flatpakref file.