nixpkgs/nixos/modules/services/desktops/flatpak.xml
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xml:id="module-services-flatpak">
<title>Flatpak</title>
<para>
<emphasis>Source:</emphasis>
<filename>modules/services/desktop/flatpak.nix</filename>
</para>
<para>
<emphasis>Upstream documentation:</emphasis>
<link xlink:href="https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/wiki"/>
</para>
<para>
Flatpak is a system for building, distributing, and running sandboxed desktop
applications on Linux.
</para>
<para>
To enable Flatpak, add the following to your
<filename>configuration.nix</filename>:
<programlisting>
<xref linkend="opt-services.flatpak.enable"/> = true;
</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
For the sandboxed apps to work correctly, desktop integration portals need to
be installed. If you run GNOME, this will be handled automatically for you;
in other cases, you will need to add something like the following to your
<filename>configuration.nix</filename>:
<programlisting>
<xref linkend="opt-services.flatpak.extraPortals"/> = [ pkgs.xdg-desktop-portal-gtk ];
</programlisting>
</para>
<para>
Then, you will need to add a repository, for example,
<link xlink:href="https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/wiki">Flathub</link>,
either using the following commands:
<screen>
<prompt>$ </prompt>flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
<prompt>$ </prompt>flatpak update
</screen>
or by opening the
<link xlink:href="https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo">repository
file</link> in GNOME Software.
</para>
<para>
Finally, you can search and install programs:
<screen>
<prompt>$ </prompt>flatpak search bustle
<prompt>$ </prompt>flatpak install flathub org.freedesktop.Bustle
<prompt>$ </prompt>flatpak run org.freedesktop.Bustle
</screen>
Again, GNOME Software offers graphical interface for these tasks.
</para>
</chapter>