[digiKam-users] flatpak instructions (for the README file)

[Stuart T Rogers]

Just to point out that openSUSE installs flatpak by default, at least it 
does on Tumbleweed. Also if you use the command line to override the 
filesystem to allow directory access flatseal does not see the override 
when you start it.

Also found at leats on Tumbleweed when installing digikam it overwrites 
the menu entry for digikam if already installed via your OS.

Stuart

On 01/06/2020 17:30, Peter Teuben wrote:
> 
> I wanted to start a new thread, with the intend to spiffing up the 
> README file that Gilles started on 
> https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/tree/master/project/bundles/flatpak 
> 
> 
> Here is my writeup, still a little KDE (kubuntu w/ plasma) centric, but 
> with the intent to be command line driven as much as possible. I invite 
> anybody to comment and me or somebody will edit the README.md file
> 
> 
> 
> 
> You need admin permission to install the flatpak infrastructure
> 
>        sudo apt install flatpak
>        flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub 
> https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
> 
> and on Kubuntu there is a optional GUI based discovery tool
> 
>        sudo apt install plasma-discover-flatpak-backend
> 
> after rebooting (it claims), you can then do your user installs
> 
>        flatpak install flathub org.kde.digikam
> 
> This will install your apps in ~/.var/app.   Also perhaps import that 
> note that any config
> files live there (e.g. ~/.var/app/org.kde.digikam/config/digikamrc and 
> your settings in
> ~/.config/digikamrc are out of visibility)
> 
> running the app goes as follows
> 
>        flatpak run org.kde.digikam
> 
> Since flatpak's run in a restricted environment, you will find that not 
> all directories
> can be see by the digikam collections (/home and /media are exceptions), 
> and you will not
> be able to launch gimp for example. To edit these settings there is 
> flatseal to the rescue:
> 
>        flatpak install flathub flatseal
> 
> which I then read you can either use a command line (but as root, this I 
> still find confusing)
> 
>        sudo flatpak override org.kde.digikam --filesystem=/Photos
> 
> or use the GUI
> 
>        "launch flatseal, select digiKam", add to "Other files" or select 
> "All system files"
>        Those will be stored in 
> ~/.local/share/flatpak/overrides/org.kde.digikam
> 
> now you can run flatpack and see your oddly named /Photos directory
> 
>        flatpak run org.kde.digikam
> 
> More information on flatpak, and flatseal permission settings on
> 
> https://www.linux.com/training-tutorials/how-install-and-use-flatpak-linux/
> https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/sandbox-permissions.html
> 
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