Flatpak
Flatpak is a linux application sandboxing and distribution framework
Usage
Using this configuration, flatpak will be installed and ready for use globally for all users:
services.flatpak.enable = true;
If you'd rather make flatpak available on a specific user rather than globally, add flatpak to that user's packages. To be able to install flatpaks graphically, add the gnome.gnome-software package. The result will look something like this:
users.users.myflatpakuser = {
packages = with pkgs; [
flatpak
gnome.gnome-software
];
};
After adding the desired solution 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.:
export XDG_DATA_DIRS=$XDG_DATA_DIRS:/usr/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:$HOME/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share
This is also required when installing flatpak on a per-user basis.
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.BustleIssues
If you have issues with cursors or themes in general, take a look at Fonts