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Flatpaks in app menu (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 2 years ago by gortbrown@lemmy.sdf.org to c/nix@programming.dev

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I believe I solved this problem before, but I can't find the solution again. I have some Flatpaks installed on my NixOS system, but they aren't showing up in the app menu. Does anyone know what might be causing this or how to fix it?

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[–] rutrum@lm.paradisus.day 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Which app menu? I use gnome and after a restart I see my flatpak apps in my app drawer.

[–] gortbrown@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago

It's the XFCE one. Not Whisker Menu, but the default one.

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm ignoring this problem, myself, right now.

Whenever I run certain flatpak commands, it nags me about a setting I haven't bothered with yet.

I would share that message, but I've been ignoring it.

[–] paperd@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Did you restart?

[–] gortbrown@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, I did restart afterwards, and unfortunately it didn't work.

[–] paperd@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Does the flatpak stuff show up in your path? Wha'ts yhour nix code for flatpaks looks like?

[–] gortbrown@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I honestly just did nix-env -i flatpak then rebooted, so I'm not sure...

Edit: Did it the configuration.nix way to make sure everything was in the path, and it works now. Thanks!

[–] paperd@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago

nix-env should be avoided, it is bad. I wish it were not in the docs so much. If you need a package for a short time, use nix-shell or nix shell.

Glad you got it working tho.

[–] rutrum@lm.paradisus.day 2 points 2 years ago

I use a declarative flatpak flake that lets me install flatpaks declaratively. You could use this as well, in case you want to manage the flatpaks in your configuration.