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Flatpak is a linux application sandboxing and distribution framework

Usage

Using this configuration, flatpak will be installed and ready for use:

/etc/nixos/configuration.nix

services.flatpak.enable = true;

After adding this line to your configuration file, flatpak will be installed, however it is not always added to your path directly, e.g. when you are using sway it will be not.

To manually add it to path while using a greetd login manager and Sway create a .profile file with an override for your XDG_DATA_DIRS path, e.g.:

.profile

export XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_DATA_DIRS:/usr/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:$HOME/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share

To start using flatpaks, particularly for flatpak development:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak update
flatpak search bustle
flatpak install flathub org.freedesktop.Bustle
flatpak run org.freedesktop.Bustle

Issues

If you have issues with cursors or themes in general, take a look at Fonts

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 To manually add it to path while using a [https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Greetd greetd] login manager and [https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Sway Sway] create a <code>.profile</code> file with an override for your <code>XDG_DATA_DIRS</code> path, e.g.:
 {{file|.profile|nix|<nowiki>
-export XDG_DATA_DIRS:$XDG_DATA_DIRS:/usr/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:$HOME/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share
+export XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_DATA_DIRS:/usr/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:$HOME/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share
 </nowiki>}}