Does solus have a gui to install flatpaks?

Basilcat

Does solus have a gui to install flatpaks through flathub?

algent

Basilcat Not yet, but you can use AppOutlet.

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

Brucehankins

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.

brent

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

xahodo

algent

Great! However, I cannot find this in Solus, Flatpak, or snap. 🙁

iAwake

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.

flanier

xahodo

To install it on Solus you'll have to download the tar binary or the AppImage version. The AppImage version should be easier to install and get running, but it isn't as simple as software in the offical repo.

App Outlet - Github

How To Use AppImage in Linux

squid-f

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

Staudey

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.

squid-f

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

Staudey

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)

squid-f

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

Harvey

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.

alfisya

GNOME Software : https://github.com/getsolus/packages/issues/718
KDE Discover : https://github.com/getsolus/packages/issues/716

edit : whoops

Harvey

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