Re: flatpak instructions (for the README file)
Posted by
AndriusWild on
URL: http://digikam.185.s1.nabble.com/digiKam-users-flatpak-instructions-for-the-README-file-tp4712747p4712749.html
Hello Peter,
Thank you for posting the readme here.
You mentioned that digiKam flatpak is not able to open GIMP. Does that mean that "Open With" menu won't work at all?
If that is the case it will a deal breaker for most of us then. I am sure most users use digikam in conjunction with exiftool, ffmpeg, mediainfo, GIMP, Kdenlive, Krita, darktable, RawTherapee and others. Even the ability to locate selected file in dolphin or other file manager seems crucial (to me).
I wanted to start a new thread, with the intend to spiffing up the
README file that Gilles started on
https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/tree/master/project/bundles/flatpak
Here is my writeup, still a little KDE (kubuntu w/ plasma) centric, but
with the intent to be command line driven as much as possible. I invite
anybody to comment and me or somebody will edit the README.md file
You need admin permission to install the flatpak infrastructure
sudo apt install flatpak
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub
https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
and on Kubuntu there is a optional GUI based discovery tool
sudo apt install plasma-discover-flatpak-backend
after rebooting (it claims), you can then do your user installs
flatpak install flathub org.kde.digikam
This will install your apps in ~/.var/app. Also perhaps import that
note that any config
files live there (e.g. ~/.var/app/org.kde.digikam/config/digikamrc and
your settings in
~/.config/digikamrc are out of visibility)
running the app goes as follows
flatpak run org.kde.digikam
Since flatpak's run in a restricted environment, you will find that not
all directories
can be see by the digikam collections (/home and /media are exceptions),
and you will not
be able to launch gimp for example. To edit these settings there is
flatseal to the rescue:
flatpak install flathub flatseal
which I then read you can either use a command line (but as root, this I
still find confusing)
sudo flatpak override org.kde.digikam --filesystem=/Photos
or use the GUI
"launch flatseal, select digiKam", add to "Other files" or select
"All system files"
Those will be stored in
~/.local/share/flatpak/overrides/org.kde.digikam
now you can run flatpack and see your oddly named /Photos directory
flatpak run org.kde.digikam
More information on flatpak, and flatseal permission settings on
https://www.linux.com/training-tutorials/how-install-and-use-flatpak-linux/
https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/sandbox-permissions.html