{"id":346,"date":"2023-01-02T20:36:59","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T12:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uugo.cf\/?p=346"},"modified":"2023-01-02T20:37:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T12:37:00","slug":"flatpak-user-manual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.uugo.cf\/?p=346","title":{"rendered":"flatpak user manual"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Flatpak is one of the major package formats in Linux today. Here\u2019s how to remove one or all flatpak apps completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flatpak is an universal Linux package runs in sandbox. It is an open-source project developed by an independent community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Almost all Linux supports Flatpak package and some of them, e.g, CentOS<\/em>, Fedora Workstation<\/em>, Linux Mint<\/em>, and Pop!_OS<\/em>, have the daemon out-of-the-box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generally, we can install the apps from flathub.org<\/a>. In each app page, it provides an \u2018INSTALL<\/em>\u2018 button to download the package, as well as commands in bottom to install and run the app. However, it lacks of uninstall instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Remove a flatpak app, Clean app data and unused runtime libraries:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As you may know, it\u2019s easy to remove a flatpak app via the command below in terminal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

flatpak uninstall App-ID<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
You may firstly list all available apps as well as their ID via command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
flatpak list --app<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Then you can paste an app ID after flatpak uninstall<\/code> command to remove it. For example, the command in the picture will remove \u201cAmbience\u201d from my system.<\/p>\n\n\n
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a.) Purge personal app data:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Some applications (e.g, Gnome To-Do, Stepmania) store their app data in user\u2019s personal folders. Normally remove command will NOT delete these data files, so it takes more and more disk space after installing & using flatpak apps for a long period of time.<\/p>\n\n\n
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The .var<\/strong> is a hidden folder, you need to press Ctrl+H<\/strong> in file manager to show \/ hide it. And select remove the data folders if the apps are already removed.<\/strong><\/em> Or add --delete-data<\/code> to get rid of them when trying to remove an app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For instance, remove Gnome To-Do as well as the personal data via command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
flatpak uninstall --delete-data org.Gnome.Todo<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
b.) Remove un-used runtime libraries:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
While installing an app, you may found that it tries to install some packages, e.g., Gnome platform, Locale, Themes, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are runtime libraries required by installed apps. And you can list all available run-times via command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
flatpak list --runtime<\/pre>\n\n\n
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So far, Flatpak keeps installing newer runtime libraries but will NOT remove old un-used ones. Linux Mint 20.2 has updated with feature to auto-remove un-used runtime. However, other Linux need to run the command below regularly to clear unused libraries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
flatpak uninstall --unused<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
2. Completely remove Flatpak Apps from your system:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
More and more applications produce Linux packages via Flatpak. But if you intend to remove it completely from your system, do steps below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remove all installed flatpak apps, runtime libraries, as well as delete all app data via command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
flatpak uninstall --all --delete-data<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
After that, you\u2019ll have the clean .var\/apps<\/code>, .local\/share\/flatpak<\/code>, and \/var\/lib\/flatpak<\/code> directories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, a broken package may prevent the un-installation process, which can be fixed via command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo flatpak repair<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
You can even remove the Flatpak daemon, though it\u2019s not recommended in some Linux (e.g., Fedora Gnome Software requires it<\/em>). For example, Ubuntu uses can remove it via command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo apt remove --autoremove flatpak<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Summary:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In short, you can remove a flatpak app as well as delete the app data via flatpak uninstall --delete-date App-ID<\/code>. Run flatpak uninstall --unused<\/code> regularly to clean up old run-time libraries for non Linux Mint users. And remove all flatpak apps and clean disk spaces via flatpak uninstall --all --delete-data<\/code> command.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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