Hey All, I’ve hear lots of people talk positively about Flatpaks, but every app I’ve installed through Flatpaks simply won’t work. They’ll install and initially run ok, but the second you use the app either it just doesn’t do what it is supposed to do or I get weird permission issues. Uninstalling then using the deb package or other direct installs gives me apps that actually work. And it seems the Pop Shop no longer gives me any identification of whether the app is a deb or flat pack.
Anything I can look into on the system to see if there is something on my end that needs changed? The more I hear Pop is heading down the Flatpak road, the more I’m thinking of hopping off the train.
The first part of my comment was about flatseal. Have you tried that?
Currently, any flatpak apps that don’t work properly are installed with other means, so I don’t have any non-working apps . If I run into that again, I’ll give it a try.
Installed with other means, meaning what? Flatseal is all about managing flatpaks that are already installed. Has nothing to do with installing them.
The Deb installs mostly. Example, when I installed Lutris, it wouldn’t allow me to install games on the extra NVMe drive I have in the system. I uninstalled Lutris and installed the deb version from the Pop Shop (when you COULD do that) and it allowed me to install games where I liked. Just chalked it up to a Flatpak problem. Now I have Lutris installed, use it without issues, and I’m not going to try and solve Flatpak issues by re-installing it. It’s not worth my time.
I’m not looking for specific app help. Just had so many issues with different apps installed with Flatpak that I figured there might be something in the system or Flatpak itself that I needed to look into. I’ll use Flatseal the next time I have an issue to see if that helps.
Did you not make this post asking how to fix Flatpaks? This is the answer.
Not the individual apps, no. Figured it might be something more systemic with Flatpak itself or my system. Was expecting to be pointed to logs to investigate.
This might not be systemic, but it’s something many flatpak apps deal with. I would generally recommend everyone using flatpaks also have flatseal.
Another commenter recommended Flatseal. I now have it installed and I’ll give it a shot when I run into an issue.