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-date = 2023-01-21
-title = "Running Flatpak Apps with Symlinks"
-description = "Learn how to run Flatpak apps through menu launchers with symlinks."
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-
-## 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!