How To Install flatpak-builder on CentOS 8

flatpak-builder is Tool to build flatpaks from source

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install flatpak-builder on CentOS 8.

What is flatpak-builder

Flatpak-builder is a tool for building flatpaks from sources. See http

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

Install flatpak-builder 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-builder using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install flatpak-builder

Install flatpak-builder 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-builder using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install flatpak-builder

How To Uninstall flatpak-builder on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove flatpak-builder

flatpak-builder Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/flatpak-builder
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/0437312eb08c5e4a3d23a12c90cb412f5d96da
/usr/share/doc/flatpak-builder
/usr/share/doc/flatpak-builder/docbook.css
/usr/share/doc/flatpak-builder/flatpak-builder-docs.html
/usr/share/licenses/flatpak-builder
/usr/share/licenses/flatpak-builder/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/flatpak-builder.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/flatpak-manifest.5.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install flatpak-builder on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.