From 25945b8fead989cca09a23983623b63ce36dcc0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Cleberg Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2024 20:11:17 -0600 Subject: feat: total re-write from Emacs org-mode to Zola markdown --- .../blog/2023-01-21-running-flatpak-apps-easily.md | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/blog/2023-01-21-running-flatpak-apps-easily.md (limited to 'content/blog/2023-01-21-running-flatpak-apps-easily.md') diff --git a/content/blog/2023-01-21-running-flatpak-apps-easily.md b/content/blog/2023-01-21-running-flatpak-apps-easily.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..86dd11d --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2023-01-21-running-flatpak-apps-easily.md @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ ++++ +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! -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2