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  • d_k_bo@feddit.detoLinux@lemmy.ml•aaa
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    2 years ago

    they are extra heavy in disk space

    While they use more disk space than most native packages, this point is often exaggerated. Flatpak uses deduplication and shared runtimes if multiple apps use the same runtime.


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    2 years ago

    Common libraries like OpenSSL are usually bundled in runtimes. So if my application uses e.g. org.gnome.Platform, I don’t have to update my application if there is a fix in a library of that runtime, I just need to update the runtime.

    The runtime is also shared by all applications that use this runtime.








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    3 years ago

    You don’t even need to create aliases yourself. Flatpak creates wrapper scripts for every app that you install. Just symlink them into your PATH.

    ln -s /var/lib/flatpak/exports/bin/org.example.CliTool ~/.local/bin/cli-tool
    

    or if you are using a user remote

    ln -s ~/.local/share/flatpak/exports/bin/org.example.CliTool ~/.local/bin/cli-tool
    

    (Note: some lemmy clients render the the tilde in code blocks incorrectly)