• hallettj
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    14 days ago

    My guess was the point is that it’s difficult to install CLI tools using Flatpak

    • @[email protected]
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      4 days ago

      Installing them is not difficult. It’s the same as any other flatpak.

      The problem is when running them (actually, when running any flatpak, not just CLI tools) you need to type out the whole backwards domain thingy that flatpaks use as identifier, instead of having a proper typical and simple executable name like they would have if they were installed normally.

      I end up adding either symlinks or aliases for all my flatpaks because of this reason. After doing that it’s ok… but it’s just an extra step that’s annoying and that the flatpak devs have no interest on fixing apparently.