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Run Flatpak apps by search filter or through fuzzy finder menu (gist.github.com)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by thingsiplay@beehaw.org to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I wrote a simple script in order to help someone in a recent reply from me, to make running Flatpak applications from terminal easier. After that I worked a little bit on it further and now ended up with 2 completely different approaches.

  1. flatrun: Run an app by a matching search filter. If multiple matches, then print all matching app ids instead.
  2. flatapp: Show list of installed apps in an interactive menu. Plus show a description of the app in a preview window. Run the selected application. Requires fzf.
  3. flatsearch: Show search results from repository in an interactive menu. A selected entry will be installed or uninstalled if it exists already (with confirmation from flatpak). Requires fzf.
# Show all matching apps
$ flatrun F
com.github.tchx84.Flatseal
io.freetubeapp.FreeTube

# Run io.freetubeapp.FreeTube
$ flatrun freetube

# Show help for com.obsproject.Studio
$ flatrun obs --help

or flatapp: (requires fzf)

and new flatsearch youtube (requires fzf)

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[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

One can just move the path to another place in the $PATH. Not really impossible. Not an elegant solution, just proof of concept:

export PATH="$(echo "${PATH}" | sed 's+:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/bin++'):/var/lib/flatpak/exports/bin"

Edit:

Or if it makes you uncomfortable to change the placement of this folder in the $PATH, instead you can just add a new directory solely for this purpose. In example add "/home/yourname/.local/flatpak/bin" (or whatever else you like) and put it in front of the flatpak exports directory.

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Or use ~/.local/bin/

Didnt know about the preferences. These only depend on the order of placement in PATH?

Or do they get by directory hierarchy, i.e. HOME can always override the System.

Unix stuff is so simple sometimes

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No, the order of the directories in the $PATH is important. If you run command by name like grep, then the system will lookup in $PATH beginning from first directory. If its not in the first entry, then it falls back to next entry. If you have a command with same name multiple times in different directories, then you display all found paths with which -a grep in example; the first entry is what is used when running the command grep .

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 months ago

Thanks, good to know!