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Flatpak support
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Currently, it appears flatpaks are not supported and is installed without any remotes.
Input:
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
Output:
error: Unable to connect to system bus
Currently using 2004+WSL2, Fedora-Remix release 32.
Describe the solution you'd like It would be ideal for Fedora-Remix to ship with support for registry.fedoraproject.com remote and enable flatpak development via WSL/Fedora-Remix.
You need to start dbus. The newest release version contains some dbus fixes to get it working correctly.
Have you tried:
sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
It works for me
Due to the error i received, and the fact that i hadn't got dbus to launch successfully, i incorrectly assumed that the flatpak repo could not be added.
But yes, @crramirez, using sudo did let me add the repo.
However, i still cant install flatpak application as im receiving similar dbus errors:
$ flatpak install flathub org.gabmus.notorious -y
Looking for matches…
Required runtime for org.gabmus.notorious/x86_64/stable (runtime/org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/3.36) found in remote flathub
org.gabmus.notorious permissions:
ipc fallback-x11 wayland x11 dri file access [1]
[1] home
ID Branch Op Remote Download
1. [✗] org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 19.08 i flathub 1.0 kB / 85.1 MB
2. [✗] org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264 2.0 i flathub 593.6 kB / 916.8 kB
3. [✗] org.gabmus.notorious.Locale stable i flathub 710.5 kB / 682.9 kB
4. [✗] org.gnome.Platform.Locale 3.36 i flathub 30.8 MB / 323.0 MB
5. [✗] org.gnome.Platform 3.36 i flathub 173.7 MB / 324.5 MB
6. [ ] org.gabmus.notorious stable i flathub < 2.5 MB
Warning: Failed to get revokefs-fuse socket from system-helper: Unable to connect to system bus
Warning: Unable to connect to system bus
Warning: Failed to get revokefs-fuse socket from system-helper: Unable to connect to system bus
Warning: Unable to connect to system bus
Warning: Failed to get revokefs-fuse socket from system-helper: Unable to connect to system bus
Warning: Unable to connect to system bus
Warning: Failed to get revokefs-fuse socket from system-helper: Unable to connect to system bus
Warning: Unable to connect to system bus
Warning: Failed to get revokefs-fuse socket from system-helper: Unable to connect to system bus
Error: Unable to connect to system bus
error: Failed to install org.gnome.Platform: Unable to connect to system bus
Are dbus errors a known issue with a fix coming as @WSLUser suggests? Or do i just have something misconfigured?
May sound repetitive but use sudo again. It worked for me this way.
It looks like flatpak is trying to use dbus to gain administrative privileges.
The fixes are already in place. Simply the system bus is not as reliable in WSL due to the lack of all the configurations and daemons present in a full Linux installation.
Regards, Carlos
I must have a mis-configuration then, because I had received the issues below. I'll keep poking around.
$ sudo flatpak install flathub org.gabmus.notorious -y
Looking for matches…
Required runtime for org.gabmus.notorious/x86_64/stable (runtime/org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/3.36) found in remote flathub
org.gabmus.notorious permissions:
ipc fallback-x11 wayland x11 dri file access [1]
[1] home
ID Branch Op Remote Download
ID Branch Op Remote Download
1. [✓] org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 19.08 i flathub 84.6 MB / 85.1 MB
2. [✗] org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264 2.0 i flathub 860.1 kB / 916.8 kB
ID Branch Op Remote Download
1. [✓] org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 19.08 i flathub 84.6 MB / 85.1 MB
2. [✗] org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264 2.0 i flathub 860.1 kB / 916.8 kB
3. [✓] org.gabmus.notorious.Locale stable i flathub 710.5 kB / 682.9 kB
4. [✓] org.gnome.Platform.Locale 3.36 i flathub 141.2 MB / 323.0 MB
5. [✓] org.gnome.Platform 3.36 i flathub 273.3 MB / 324.5 MB
6. [✓] org.gabmus.notorious stable i flathub 1.6 MB / 2.5 MB
Warning: While trying to apply extra data: apply_extra script failed, exit status 256
Installation complete.
$ sudo flatpak run org.gabmus.notorious
error: "flatpak run" is not intended to be ran with sudo
$ flatpak run org.gabmus.notorious
bwrap: Creating new namespace failed, likely because the kernel does not support user namespaces. bwrap must be installed setuid on such systems.
error: ldconfig failed, exit status 256
Ok, this means that it is not supported yet. I tested until the installation because right now I don't have handy WSL2 I thought it could work in WSL2. I can make a full test but in some days. We have a similar case with pods. These containers like things don't work yet.
I will investigate this "bwrap must be installed setuid on such systems."
I'll keep you informed
Regards, Carlos
I have similar problems
I can run Flatpak only with sudo, otherwise I'm getting error along the line of
Warning: Failed to get revokefs-fuse socket from system-helper: Unable to connect to system bus
I don't know what operating system you guys are working on but for me it worked (on windows) to start Ubuntu as an Administrator and used sudo before the command, hope that helps.
I just used --user and it worked. so flatpak --user remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo. No sudo needed.
it works in WSL2 in Win11 ( you need to install flatpak, and maybe genie?)
