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Does solus have a gui to install flatpaks through flathub?

    Not currently but I think its going to be incorporated into the new gui software app when they get round to it, probably wont be done until they replace the eopkg package manager with SOL

      As seanragout said, it's in the works.
      The CLI command to install is generally listed near the bottom of the page on Flathub, so it should be a simple copy and paste to install.
      You will have to manually update though. To update flatpak apps it's a simple flatpak update and then y after you review or flatpak update -y to immediately process updates without reviewing the list first. It will still show the list and update progress, you just don't have to verify that you want all of the apps updates.

          Brucehankins not sure I'd use it if we had it, it seems so easy and intuitive with the cli.
          I have to blow dust off the digital equivalent of a 3X5 notecard to remember the update/remove unused command now and then. I'd assume the UI would be a manager rather than simple UI to look at.

          seanragout Not currently but I think its going to be incorporated into the new gui software app when they get round to it, probably wont be done until they replace the eopkg package manager with SOL

          flaptak gui as a flatpak project or flatpak gui as a Solus project to be built into Sol? or both? didn't catch the nuance in what you said (will confess to not researching it).
          edit: typopalooza

              I actually prefer CLI. GUI store such as the ones incorporated in Zorin OS or Pop OS are cluttered and sometime confusing. Now let's say I want to install X app, so I go on and search for it in the said store and I find 3 results for the app I search for. One is flatpak, one is snap and the other is the one from the repository. I do not want that and I prefer the store to only have the apps available in the official repositories.

              As other have mentioned, it is very simple to head to https://flathub.org and search for the apps you need and copy the installation command and paste in terminal. Anyway, terminal will show you what is really going on, which is not the case when using a GUI. If you install a flatpak app for the first time, it will take a very long time and most user would think that installation is stuck.

              2 months later
              a year later

              Hi.
              Any news on this topic?
              I am looking at deploying Solus to users not at all familiar with the command line and being able to get some packages from Flatpak is required.
              Thanks

                squid-f People on the team are working on eopkg packagekit integration to enable Solus to use GNOME Software and KDE Discover as Software Centers. But that work isn't finished yet.

                    Staudey
                    Thanks for your prompt answer.
                    Do you have an idea on when it might be ready ?

                        squid-f I'm not fully up-to-date on the progress, and I'm not sure the people working on it want to give an ETA (they might though)

                          3 months later

                          Hi. Sorry to bump it because of my ignorance, potentially. Where can I get more info on the progress of this?
                          Thanks.

                          There is no progress indicator. It is ready when it is deemed to be ready. There is no way it will be looked at before 4.5 is out tho.

                          As those tasks indicated "We will communicate when we open this up for community testing."