How To Install flatpak on CentOS 8
flatpak is Application deployment framework for desktop apps
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flatpak on CentOS 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 CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install flatpak.
Install flatpak on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install flatpak using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install flatpak
Install flatpak on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
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 CentOS 8
To uninstall only the flatpak package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove flatpak
flatpak Package Contents on CentOS 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/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/86b1059b83cd8c71a7f91f10adb4e2d2150511
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/171bb8f4a3267c3b4f4f8279fe291ba337cfa2
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/31f2f2ab23623f1c79ab1409afb892ba1a0650
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/cbb0d43f97764dca24a783d933895db0d3c659
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9f/2b76e10311763d58d6e1687b9ae8418e4c05fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/86195c1b9de372acd7cee5704ac37181331de7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4
/usr/lib/.build-id/f4/876303d0697091da57c3fc8caaaeac74ef1a31
/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
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flatpak on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.