Flatpak
Flatpak is a cross-distribution utility for software deployment and package management for a wide range of Linux
What is Flatpak?
Distributing applications on Linux is a pain: different distributions in multiple versions, each with their own versions of libraries and packaging formats. Flatpak is here to change all that. It allows the same app to be installed on different Linux distributions, including different versions. And it has been designed from the ground up with security in mind, so that apps are isolated from each other and from the host system.
Features: • Quickly and easily search or install applications using https://flathub.org
• Get more recent version of application Flatpak is widely popular with both Linux users and Linux software developers who are interested in installing the most recent versions of the application or using the optional package manager built-in sandbox environment. While at the same time remaining in control of the security.
• Directly provide updates to users Flatpak allows application developers to directly provide updates to users without going through distributions, and without having to package and test the application separately for each distribution.[9]
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Supported Languages
- English
Comments and Reviews
Said about Flatpak as an alternative
While snapcraft and flatpak are both universal package managers, flatpak (in my experience) supports distributions other than ubuntu much better than snapcraft.
Also works well on all Linux distributions, but easier to manage apps like GNOME Software or the Flatpak command line interface.
It can be installed simply on any GNU/Linux systems. Not just executable, it is installable.
Tags
- app-packaging
- Containers
- build-tool
- software-packaging
- software-distribution
Flatpak is an excellent project. It enables the same software to be installed on all Linux distros (e.g. Signal, Spotify... many others). So if it comes as a Flatpak, you don't have to sorry if your system is a .deb, .rpm. or whatever system. The flatpaks will install regardless. Long overdue and well implemented. Better than Snap packages from Canonical, which aim at the same thing and do it worse.
It really simplify staying updated with edge release of gnu/linux applications.