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Flatpaks in app menu (self.nix)
submitted 2 months ago by gortbrown to c/nix@programming.dev
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I believe I solved this problem before, but I can't find the solution again. I have some Flatpaks installed on my NixOS system, but they aren't showing up in the app menu. Does anyone know what might be causing this or how to fix it?

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[-] paperd@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Did you restart?

[-] gortbrown 1 points 2 months ago

Yes, I did restart afterwards, and unfortunately it didn't work.

[-] paperd@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Does the flatpak stuff show up in your path? Wha'ts yhour nix code for flatpaks looks like?

[-] gortbrown 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I honestly just did nix-env -i flatpak then rebooted, so I'm not sure...

Edit: Did it the configuration.nix way to make sure everything was in the path, and it works now. Thanks!

[-] paperd@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

nix-env should be avoided, it is bad. I wish it were not in the docs so much. If you need a package for a short time, use nix-shell or nix shell.

Glad you got it working tho.

[-] rutrum@lm.paradisus.day 3 points 2 months ago

I use a declarative flatpak flake that lets me install flatpaks declaratively. You could use this as well, in case you want to manage the flatpaks in your configuration.

[-] demesisx@infosec.pub 13 points 2 months ago

Please share this if you don’t mind.

[-] rutrum@lm.paradisus.day 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There are a few out there, but this is the one I use by GermanBread: https://github.com/GermanBread/declarative-flatpak

Edit: this is probably worth making its own post about

[-] demesisx@infosec.pub 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Thanks. I’d certainly like it if you posted it. more Nix = more better. :)

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