Some issues regarding the Linux flatpak package
kennethso168 opened this issue · comments
Hi, thanks a lot for the project and it is very nice to have a flatpak package (On the other hand, hyperion.ng only has an outdated rpm for Fedora which does not install on Fedora 36)
However, after I installed the flatpak package by running flatpak install prismatik_5.11.2.31.flatpak, I encounter the following issues. I can probably guess some of the causes. If the author wishes, I can create a PR, but that will take some time.
Issue 1: No launcher after installing
Problem: After installing, there is no launcher to launch the program in Gnome
Workaround: Launch in terminal flatpak run de.psieg.Prismatik
Possible cause: Possibly wrong path for the desktop file:
According to the flatpak docs, desktop files should be placed in /app/share/applications/
Issue 2: After setting the configuration once, the configuration does not persist after reboot
Workaround: Launch with config dir set to flatpak-specific persistence directory (e.g. flatpak run de.psieg.Prismatik --config-dir ~/.var/app/de.psieg.Prismatik/data)
Possible cause: Although I can see that there is an override to allow the flatpak to access ~/.Prismatik:
I believe that the flatpak does not have the permission to create this directory in the first place. I believe that it is better practice to store the config within the flatpak-specific persistence directory
P.S.: Also better if the flatpak is made available on Flathub
@kennethso168 Can you guide me how can I run flatpak version of yours?