How To Install flatpak.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install flatpak.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. flatpak.x86_64 is Application deployment framework for desktop apps

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install flatpak.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `flatpak.x86_64`

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

We can use yum to install flatpak.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install flatpak.x86_64.

Install flatpak.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install flatpak.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install flatpak.x86_64

How To Uninstall flatpak.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the flatpak.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove flatpak.x86_64

flatpak.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.Flatpak.SystemHelper.conf
/etc/flatpak/remotes.d
/etc/profile.d/flatpak.sh
/usr/bin/flatpak
/usr/lib/systemd/system/flatpak-system-helper.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/dbus.service.d
/usr/lib/systemd/user/dbus.service.d/flatpak.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/user/flatpak-portal.service
/usr/lib/systemd/user/flatpak-session-helper.service
/usr/libexec/flatpak-bwrap
/usr/libexec/flatpak-dbus-proxy
/usr/libexec/flatpak-portal
/usr/libexec/flatpak-session-helper
/usr/libexec/flatpak-system-helper
/usr/share/bash-completion
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/flatpak
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.Flatpak.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/interfaces/org.freedesktop.portal.Flatpak.xml
/usr/share/dbus-1/services/org.freedesktop.Flatpak.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-1.0.9
/usr/share/doc/flatpak-1.0.9/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/flatpak-1.0.9/README.md
/usr/share/doc/flatpak-1.0.9/docbook.css
/usr/share/doc/flatpak-1.0.9/flatpak-docs.html
/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/gdm/env.d
/usr/share/gdm/env.d/flatpak.env
/usr/share/licenses/flatpak-1.0.9
/usr/share/licenses/flatpak-1.0.9/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/flatpak.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/flatpak.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/flatpak.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/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/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/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-list.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-document-unexport.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-enter.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-info.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-install.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-list.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-make-current.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-override.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-permission-list.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-show.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-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.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install flatpak.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.