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[SOLVED] I cannot add flatpaks as user, what am I doing wrong? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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SOLUTION: add Flathub as a user remote too:

flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

flatpak lets you install applications as user vs system. I want to install as user because my .var is full.

example: flatpak install --user org.fcitx.Fcitx5 returns error: No remote refs found for ‘org.fcitx.Fcitx5’

flatpak remotes returns flathub system

I'm logged in as user5. whoami returns user5

I don't know what remote I have to add or if I have to add user5 as a remote

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[–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

What’s happening here is that you only have a system-wide remote configured, but you’re trying to install as user. Flatpak keeps two separate sets of remotes:

System remotes (available to all users)

User remotes (only for the logged-in user)

Since you have no user remotes defined, Flatpak can’t find anything when you do --user.

You need to add Flathub as a user remote. Run:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists --user flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

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