Flatpak - Beginner's Tutorial

Chapters 00:00 Why Flatpaks are awesome 01:41 Flathub - Home of Flatpaks 02:37 How to Setup Flatpak for your Linux Distro 03:58 Installing Flatpaks 05:50 Downgrading a Flatpak 07:58 Updating Flatpaks - Global Update 08:35 Updating Flatpaks - Single App Update 10:26 Uninstalling a Flatpak 11:55 Flatseal - Managing Flatpak Permissions Flatpak is a universal application packaging system for Linux. Flatpak applications come bundled with all the dependencies, runtimes, and other requirements. The applications also run in a sandbox environment which means that your system stays secure. Flatpak simplifies the process of installing, upgrading, and removing applications without affecting your system. I have been using Flatpak applications (Flatpaks) since 2018 and have been very impressed with their performance and reliability. These days, I find myself opting for the Flatpak versions of my favourite applications. Check out the full blog writeup below: https://www.victorianodejesus.com/flatpak-beginners-tutorial Location of Flatpak Config Files ~/.var/app Flatpak Setup Commands $ sudo apt install flatpak $ flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo Install a Flatpak $ flatpak install [remote] [application] Global Update $ flatpak update Single App Update $ flatpak update [application] Uninstall Flatpak $ flatpak uninstall [application] Downgrading a Flatpak $ flatpak remote-info --log [remote] [application] $ flatpak update --commit=[commit number] [application] Repair Flatpak $ flatpak repair Remove Unused Runtimes $ flatpak remove --unused My setup: OS - Pop OS 20.10 CPU - AMD 4600h Mem - 32 GB GPU - Nvidia 1660 TI Buy me a coffee :) https://buymeacoffee.com/victoriano