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diff --git a/content/blog/2023-01-21-running-flatpak-apps-easily.md b/content/blog/2023-01-21-running-flatpak-apps-easily.md deleted file mode 100644 index 86dd11d..0000000 --- a/content/blog/2023-01-21-running-flatpak-apps-easily.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -+++ -date = 2023-01-21 -title = "Running Flatpak Apps with Symlinks" -description = "Learn how to run Flatpak apps through menu launchers with symlinks." -+++ - -## Running Flatpak Apps Should Be Faster - -If you're like me and use Flatpak for those pesky apps that cannot run -on your system for one reason or another, you likely get annoyed with -opening a terminal and manually running the Flatpak app with the lengthy -`flatpak run ...` command. - -In the past, I manually created aliases in my `.zshrc` file -for certain apps. For example, an alias would look like the example -below. - -This would allow me to run the command fast within the terminal, but it -wouldn't allow me to run it in an application launcher. - -```sh -# ~/.zshrc -alias librewolf = "flatpak run io.gitlab.librewolf-community" -``` - -However, I now use a much faster and better method that integrates with -the tiling WMs I use and their application launchers - -`dmenu` and `bemenu`. - -## Creating Symlinks for Flatpak Apps - -Let's use the example of Librewolf below. I can install the application -like so: - -```sh -flatpak install flathub io.gitlab.librewolf-community -``` - -Once installed, I can create a symlink to link the flatpak app to my new -symlink in a location commonly included in your PATH. In this case, I -chose `/usr/bin`. You may need to choose a different location -if `/usr/bin` isn't in your PATH. - -```sh -ln -s /var/lib/flatpak/exports/bin/io.gitlab.librewolf-community /usr/bin/librewolf -``` - -Once complete, you should be able to launch the app using the command -name you chose above in the symlink (`librewolf`) from a -terminal or from your application launcher! |