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NAME
       flatpak - Build, install and run applications and runtimes

SYNOPSIS
       flatpak [OPTION...] {COMMAND}

DESCRIPTION
       Flatpak is a tool for managing applications and the runtimes they use.
       In the Flatpak model, applications can be built and distributed
       independently from the host system they are used on, and they are
       isolated from the host system ('sandboxed') to some degree, at runtime.

       Flatpak can operate in system-wide or per-user mode. The system-wide
       data (runtimes, applications and configuration) is located in
       $prefix/var/lib/flatpak/, and the per-user data is in
       $HOME/.local/share/flatpak/. Below these locations, there is a local
       repository in the repo/ subdirectory and installed runtimes and
       applications are in the corresponding runtime/ and app/ subdirectories.

       System-wide remotes can be statically preconfigured by dropping
       flatpakrepo files into /etc/flatpak/remotes.d/.

       In addition to the system-wide installation in
       $prefix/var/lib/flatpak/, which is always considered the default one
       unless overridden, more system-wide installations can be defined via
       configuration files in /etc/flatpak/installations.d/, which must define
       at least the id of the installation and the absolute path to it. Other
       optional parameters like DisplayName, Priority or StorageType are also
       supported.

       Flatpak uses OSTree to distribute and deploy data. The repositories it
       uses are OSTree repositories and can be manipulated with the ostree
       utility. Installed runtimes and applications are OSTree checkouts.

       Basic commands for building flatpaks such as build-init, build and
       build-finish are included in the flatpak utility. For higher-level
       build support, see the separate flatpak-builder(1) tool.

       Flatpak supports installing from sideload repos. These are partial
       copies of a repository (generated by flatpak create-usb) that are used
       as an installation source when offline (and online as a performance
       improvement). Such repositories are configured by creating symlinks to
       the sideload sources in the sideload-repos subdirectory of the
       installation directory (i.e. typically /var/lib/flatpak/sideload-repos
       or ~/.local/share/flatpak/sideload-repos). Additionally symlinks can be
       created in /run/flatpak/sideload-repos which is a better location for
       non-persistent sources (as it is cleared on reboot). These symlinks can
       point to either the directory given to flatpak create-usb which by
       default writes to the subpath .ostree/repo, or directly to an ostree
       repo.

OPTIONS
       The following global options are understood. Individual commands have
       their own options.

       -h, --help
           Show help options and exit.

       -v, --verbose
           Show debug information during command processing. Use -vv for more
           detail.

       --ostree-verbose
           Show OSTree debug information during command processing.

       --version
           Print version information and exit.

       --default-arch
           Print the default arch and exit.

       --supported-arches
           Print the supported arches in priority order and exit.

       --gl-drivers
           Print the list of active gl drivers and exit.

       --installations
           Print paths of system installations and exit.

       --print-system-only
           When the flatpak --print-updated-env command is run, only print the
           environment for system flatpak installations, not including the
           user’s home installation.

       --print-updated-env
           Print the set of environment variables needed to use flatpaks,
           amending the current set of environment variables. This is intended
           to be used in a systemd environment generator, and should not need
           to be run manually.

COMMANDS
       Commands for managing installed applications and runtimes:

       flatpak-install(1)
           Install an application or a runtime from a remote or bundle.

       flatpak-update(1)
           Update an installed application or runtime.

       flatpak-uninstall(1)
           Uninstall an installed application or runtime.

       flatpak-mask(1)
           Mask out updates and automatic installation.

       flatpak-pin(1)
           Pin runtimes to prevent automatic removal.

       flatpak-list(1)
           List installed applications and/or runtimes.

       flatpak-info(1)
           Show information for an installed application or runtime.

       flatpak-history(1)
           Show history.

       flatpak-config(1)
           Manage flatpak configuration.

       flatpak-repair(1)
           Repair flatpak installation.

       flatpak-create-usb(1)
           Copy apps and/or runtimes onto removable media.

       Commands for finding applications and runtimes:

       flatpak-search(1)
           Search for applications and runtimes.

       Commands for managing running applications:

       flatpak-run(1)
           Run an application.

       flatpak-kill(1)
           Stop a running application.

       flatpak-override(1)
           Override permissions for an application.

       flatpak-make-current(1)
           Specify the default version to run.

       flatpak-enter(1)
           Enter the namespace of a running application.

       Commands for managing file access:

       flatpak-document-export(1)
           Grant an application access to a specific file.

       flatpak-document-unexport(1)
           Revoke access to a specific file.

       flatpak-document-info(1)
           Show information about a specific file.

       flatpak-documents(1)
           List exported files.

       Commands for managing the dynamic permission store:

       flatpak-permission-remove(1)
           Remove item from permission store.

       flatpak-permissions(1)
           List permissions.

       flatpak-permission-show(1)
           Show app permissions.

       flatpak-permission-reset(1)
           Reset app permissions.

       flatpak-permission-set(1)
           Set app permissions.

       Commands for managing remote repositories:

       flatpak-remotes(1)
           List all configured remote repositories.

       flatpak-remote-add(1)
           Add a new remote repository.

       flatpak-remote-modify(1)
           Modify properties of a configured remote repository.

       flatpak-remote-delete(1)
           Delete a configured remote repository.

       flatpak-remote-ls(1)
           List contents of a configured remote repository.

       flatpak-remote-info(1)
           Show information about a ref in a configured remote repository.

       Commands for building applications:

       flatpak-build-init(1)
           Initialize a build directory.

       flatpak-build(1)
           Run a build command in a build directory.

       flatpak-build-finish(1)
           Finalizes a build directory for export.

       flatpak-build-export(1)
           Export a build directory to a repository.

       flatpak-build-bundle(1)
           Create a bundle file from a ref in a local repository.

       flatpak-build-import-bundle(1)
           Import a file bundle into a local repository.

       flatpak-build-sign(1)
           Sign an application or runtime after its been exported.

       flatpak-build-update-repo(1)
           Update the summary file in a repository.

       flatpak-build-commit-from(1)
           Create a new commit based on an existing ref.

       flatpak-repo(1)
           Print information about a repo.

       Commands available inside the sandbox:

       flatpak-spawn(1)
           Run a command in another sandbox.

FILE FORMATS
       File formats that are used by Flatpak commands:

       flatpak-flatpakref(5)
           Reference to a remote for an application or runtime

       flatpak-flatpakrepo(5)
           Reference to a remote

       flatpak-remote(5)
           Configuration for a remote

       flatpak-installation(5)
           Configuration for an installation location

       flatpak-metadata(5)
           Information about an application or runtime

ENVIRONMENT
       Besides standard environment variables such as XDG_DATA_DIRS and
       XDG_DATA_HOME, flatpak is consulting some of its own.

       FLATPAK_USER_DIR
           The location of the per-user installation. If this is not set,
           $XDG_DATA_HOME/flatpak is used.

       FLATPAK_SYSTEM_DIR
           The location of the default system-wide installation. If this is
           not set, /var/lib/flatpak is used (unless overridden at build time
           by --localstatedir or --with-system-install-dir).

       FLATPAK_SYSTEM_CACHE_DIR
           The location where temporary child repositories will be created
           during pulls into the system-wide installation. If this is not set,
           a directory in /var/tmp/ is used. This is useful because it is more
           likely to be on the same filesystem as the system repository (thus
           increasing the chances for e.g. reflink copying), and we can avoid
           filling the user's home directory with temporary data.

       FLATPAK_CONFIG_DIR
           The location of flatpak site configuration. If this is not set,
           /etc/flatpak is used (unless overridden at build time by
           --sysconfdir).

       FLATPAK_RUN_DIR
           The location of flatpak runtime global files. If this is not set,
           /run/flatpak is used.

SEE ALSO
       ostree(1), ostree.repo(5), flatpak-remote(5), flatpak-installation(5),
       https://www.flatpak.org

flatpak                                                             FLATPAK(1)

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