flatpak dependencies?

[d4k21]

on plasma flatpaks i install wont let me launch the file manager when needed.. for example the app 'popsicle' when you click 'choose image' it won't open dolphin so i can choose the image..i tested the same app in opensuse and it works so i wonder what packages i need? thank you

[geckolinux]

Hi there, I honestly don't know, I have almost no experience with Flatpaks and I personally don't like them. Could you try launching it from the terminal to see if it throws any errors?

[d4k21]

hi thanks for the reply..any specific reason you don't like them? are they unsafe? my question is why would it work in tumbleweed when this is tumbleweed? because the tumbleweed install is large and it grabs some things that gecko doesn't? here's what i got back...

flatpak run com.system76.Popsicle

(Popsicle:2): GLib-CRITICAL **: 23:31:55.762: g_variant_new_string: assertion 'string != NULL' failed

(Popsicle:2): Gtk-WARNING **: 23:31:55.764: Can't open portal file chooser: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod: No such interface “org.freedesktop.portal.FileChooser” on object at path /org/freedesktop/portal/desktop

[d4k21]

from what I read geckolinux is opensuse done better with a easier installer (calmares) and repos and codecs preinstalled for you ready to go. those are all nice and why i like gecko but it doesn't make sense if things are missing or don't function like they do in regular suse

[geckolinux]

Do you have xdg-desktop-portal and xdg-desktop-portal-kde or xdg-desktop-portal-gtk installed? The only difference between GeckoLinux and vanilla openSUSE in terms of low-level system behavior is that GeckoLinux doesn't automatically install recommended packages, so it's definitely just a matter of installing some additional packages.

[d4k21]

hey thank you for the help...that worked i had xdg-desktop-portal but not the gtk and kde....i'm on plasma so do i just need xdg-desktop-portal-kde or both? not sure if you need it for the gtk apps?

[d4k21]

i wonder why flatpak doesnt install those as dependencies when you install flatpak? i kept xdg-desktop-portal-kde and removed xdg-desktop-portal-gtk and everything still works

[geckolinux]

Glad it worked! I would assume that you only need xdg-desktop-portal-kde, but I'm not sure.

i wonder why flatpak doesnt install those as dependencies when you install flatpak?

I assume they didn't add it as a hard dependency to the Flatpak RPM since it depends on the desktop environment being used. But it does seem like Flatpak should install those components as part of its framework, since the whole point of it is to be self-contained.

[d4k21]

thank you I'm really enjoying geckolinux it's a solid distro.. I agree they should add it with their framework..what's the easiest way to do a filesystem snapshot in gecko since there's no GUI in yast until you set the first snapshot and in repos I noticed 'keep downloaded packages' is that recommended? and does it clean up itself or it will build up over time? thanks for the help man I appreciate it

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[geckolinux]

what's the easiest way to do a filesystem snapshot in gecko since there's no GUI in yast

There is a YaST GUI, yast2-snapper , included out of the box together with the necessary Snapper config in the most recent GeckoLinux STATIC and ROLLING releases.

in repos I noticed 'keep downloaded packages' is that recommended?

That's my preference, but feel free to disable it. It does build up over time. You can delete the packages with sudo zypper clean --all .

[d4k21]

That's my preference, but feel free to disable it. It does build up over time. You can delete the packages with sudo zypper clean --all

cool i'll just use that to keep it clean over time.

There is a YaST GUI, yast2-snapper , included out of the box together with the necessary Snapper config in the most recent GeckoLinux STATIC and ROLLING releases.

i have the latest gecko iso installed and 'yast2-snapper' is installed by default but it won't let me set anything through gui. this is what i get...thank you for helping me =]

[geckolinux]

Sorry, I meant for the STATIC editions. The ROLLING versions will have Snapper configured for the next release. Meanwhile you can enable it like this:

sudo snapper -c root create-config /
sudo snapper -c @home create-config /home

[d4k21]

no problem thanks man