Users

Setting up FlatPark, installing and updating apps, what their permissions mean, cleaning up, and what to do when something doesn’t work.

• Setting up FlatParkAdd the FlatPark remote once, then install any app, for yourself or for everyone on the computer.
• UpdatesHow new versions reach you, and why every app moves to a new runtime at the same time.
• flatpak overrideChange what an app may access with flatpak override: what it is, how to check it, and the cases that come up: other disks, SSH keys, devices, the network, scaling, host commands.
• Permission storeWhere the desktop keeps your answers to permission dialogs (open with, screenshots, the camera, files you opened), and how to check and change them. With the calibre PDF example.
• Cleaning upUninstall apps and their data, remove unused runtimes, and reclaim the space Flatpak keeps for downloaded installers.
• TroubleshootingWhat to check when an app won't install, won't start, or forgets its settings, and how to report it.