Flatpak Notes

Linux Administration

A package manager on Linux, usually running alongside the distributions package manager.

Good summary here:

https://www.howtogeek.com/902275/what-is-a-flatpak-in-linux-and-how-do-you-install-one/

Key features include:

I use it to install something like digikam because it's a KDE app and I don't really want to install all the KDE dependencies via apt. With flatpak, the dependencies are installed as part of the app itself, kind of like how npm does it.

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