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A [http://flatpak.org/ '''Flatpak'''] is a type of cross-distribution packaging format that is managed (including installation, configuration, upgrading, ''etc.'') with its own package manager that is invoked by the <code>flatpak</code> command. This package manager is dependent on systemd, so is only suitable for systems like Fedora that have systemd installed. While Flatpak is not developed by the Fedora Project, or GNOME Foundation, it is perhaps best supported by Fedora and the GNOME desktop environment. This is because Fedora has had Flatpak in its official repository since the release of Fedora 23 on 3 November 2015.
A [http://flatpak.org/ '''Flatpak'''] is a type of cross-distribution packaging format that is managed (including installation, configuration, upgrading, ''etc.'') with its own package manager that is invoked by the <code>flatpak</code> command. Other distributions that with Flatpak in official or unofficial (yet still maintained) repositories include: [https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/flatpak/ Arch Linux], Debian ([https://packages.debian.org/jessie-backports/flatpak Jessie backports], [https://packages.debian.org/stretch/flatpak testing], [https://packages.debian.org/sid/flatpak unstable]), [https://github.com/fosero/flatpak-overlay Gentoo], [https://madb.mageia.org/package/show/application/0/name/flatpak Mageia], [https://software.opensuse.org/package/flatpak openSUSE Tumbleweed] (openSUSE Leap 42.1 and 42.2 have an unofficial repository with an outdated version of Flatpak) and [https://launchpad.net/~alexlarsson/+archive/ubuntu/flatpak Ubuntu 16.04 and later].
 
While Flatpak is not officially affiliated with the Fedora Project, or GNOME Foundation, it is perhaps best supported by Fedora and the GNOME desktop environment. This is because Fedora releases 23 and later have all had Flatpak in their official repositories. The GNOME Software application also has support for installing Flatpaks.
 
== External links ==
* [http://flatpak.org/#users Official Guide to using Flatpaks]


[[Category:Cross-distribution packaging formats]]
[[Category:Cross-distribution packaging formats]]
[[Category:Software Management]]

Revision as of 05:47, 18 November 2018

A Flatpak is a type of cross-distribution packaging format that is managed (including installation, configuration, upgrading, etc.) with its own package manager that is invoked by the flatpak command. Other distributions that with Flatpak in official or unofficial (yet still maintained) repositories include: Arch Linux, Debian (Jessie backports, testing, unstable), Gentoo, Mageia, openSUSE Tumbleweed (openSUSE Leap 42.1 and 42.2 have an unofficial repository with an outdated version of Flatpak) and Ubuntu 16.04 and later.

While Flatpak is not officially affiliated with the Fedora Project, or GNOME Foundation, it is perhaps best supported by Fedora and the GNOME desktop environment. This is because Fedora releases 23 and later have all had Flatpak in their official repositories. The GNOME Software application also has support for installing Flatpaks.

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