How To Install flatpak on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install flatpak on Rocky Linux 8. flatpak is Application deployment framework for desktop apps

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install flatpak on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `flatpak`

flatpak is a system for building, distributing and running sandboxed desktop applications on Linux. See https more information.

We can use yum or dnf to install flatpak on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install flatpak.

Install flatpak on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install flatpak using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install flatpak

Install flatpak on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install flatpak using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install flatpak

How To Uninstall flatpak on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the flatpak package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove flatpak

flatpak Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.Flatpak.SystemHelper.conf
/etc/flatpak/remotes.d
/etc/profile.d/flatpak.sh
/usr/bin/flatpak
/usr/bin/flatpak-bisect
/usr/bin/flatpak-coredumpctl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d
/usr/lib/.build-id/0d/c15a9877929a50499d16bc44e57eaf8619ac30
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/ff193d2928d8310bf7d2b35a2a2458fa85ee41
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a/8ec3a29a091f000453374a85ddcc3751244a6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/8ad4165781db2c315e519a2b7a15f683107c58
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/64e0fc456f8733c20bed0846cfbfeccaf3712d
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2
/usr/lib/.build-id/d2/4c3500c44b9feac97aef0c058feee5d48f40c8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/44a58c0e675d3212f8b7a377c9f9b6e6f403e5
/usr/lib/systemd/system/flatpak-system-helper.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user-environment-generators/60-flatpak
/usr/lib/systemd/user/flatpak-oci-authenticator.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/flatpak-portal.service
/usr/lib/sysusers.d/flatpak.conf
/usr/libexec/flatpak-dbus-proxy
/usr/libexec/flatpak-oci-authenticator
/usr/libexec/flatpak-portal
/usr/libexec/flatpak-system-helper
/usr/libexec/flatpak-validate-icon
/usr/libexec/revokefs-fuse
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/flatpak
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.Flatpak.Authenticator.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Flatpak.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.flatpak.Authenticator.Oci.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.portal.Flatpak.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.Flatpak.SystemHelper.service
/usr/share/doc/flatpak
/usr/share/doc/flatpak/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/flatpak/README.md
/usr/share/doc/flatpak/docbook.css
/usr/share/doc/flatpak/flatpak-docs.html
/usr/share/fish
/usr/share/fish/vendor_completions.d
/usr/share/fish/vendor_completions.d/flatpak.fish
/usr/share/flatpak
/usr/share/flatpak/triggers
/usr/share/flatpak/triggers/desktop-database.trigger
/usr/share/flatpak/triggers/gtk-icon-cache.trigger
/usr/share/flatpak/triggers/mime-database.trigger
/usr/share/licenses/flatpak
/usr/share/licenses/flatpak/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/flatpak.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/flatpak.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/flatpak.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/flatpak.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/flatpak.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/flatpak.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/flatpak.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/flatpak.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/flatpak.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/flatpak.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/flatpak.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/flatpak.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/flatpak.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/flatpak.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/flatpak.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/flatpak.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/flatpak.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/flatpak.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-build-bundle.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-build-commit-from.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-build-export.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-build-finish.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-build-import-bundle.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-build-init.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-build-sign.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-build-update-repo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-build.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-create-usb.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-document-export.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-document-info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-document-unexport.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-documents.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-enter.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-history.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-install.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-kill.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-list.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-make-current.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-mask.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-override.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-permission-remove.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-permission-reset.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-permission-set.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-permission-show.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-permissions.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-ps.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-remote-add.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-remote-delete.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-remote-info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-remote-ls.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-remote-modify.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-remotes.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-repair.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-repo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-run.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-search.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-spawn.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-uninstall.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-update.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/flatpak-flatpakref.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/flatpak-flatpakrepo.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/flatpak-installation.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/flatpak-metadata.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/flatpak-remote.5.gz
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.Flatpak.policy
/usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/org.freedesktop.Flatpak.rules
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions
/usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_flatpak
/var/lib/flatpak

References

flatpak website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install flatpak on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.