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Flatpaks are invisible to application launchers
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Applications installed by Flatpak can't be discovered by application launchers. A fix to this is to add the directories '/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share' and '$HOME/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share' to the search path set by the XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable.
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Flatpak does export /etc/profile.d/flatpak.sh, that should set up XDG_DATA_DIRS. But I don't think there's a canonical way of using it in guix. Another way is to modify the package to do exactly what you said.
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I agree this should be exported by the flatpak package. I haven't hit any other packages putting anything in /etc/profile.d, though that does happen I know (so perhaps Guix should incorporate or patch such things?). Flatpak is also due for an update soon I think, so that would be a good time to make the modification perhaps.
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Message #14 received at 44997 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
Hej,
I understand it has been some time since this issue has been opened and I suppose that in
the meantime, the mentioned Flatpak update has already taken place (quite presumptuous, I
know ;-)).
However, on my end, it is still the case that the directories
'/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share' and '/home/hapster/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share'
are not exported which results in them not being shown in applications launchers such as
the one incorporated in the GNOME Shell.
Is it possible there now is a solution that does not incorporate adding search paths to
the package? Because if there isn't, I don't see why the package should not be altered in
order to just export those paths -- it seems like a solution that is much cleaner than me
exporting them in shell init files or in the guix home environment.
Have a good day :)
John Kehayias <john.kehayias <at> protonmail.com> writes:
> I agree this should be exported by the flatpak package. I haven't hit any other packages
> putting anything in /etc/profile.d, though that does happen I know (so perhaps Guix should
> incorporate or patch such things?). Flatpak is also due for an update soon I think, so
> that would be a good time to make the modification perhaps.
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