Automate the installation Flatpak Repositories, Applications and Permissions

• Flatpak (flatpak --version)
• Python 3.5 or greater python --version
• PIP installed pip --version

How to Install Flatpak on your distro

After verifying you have Python 3 and pip module manager installed, use the following command to install.

pip install --user flatpak-sync

Install some flatpak applications, change some permissions. When you're happy, run the following command to generate a configuration file. flatpak-sync generate -v

Okay, you have to setup a new computer. After installing your distro, take your configuration file and just run flatpak-sync

1. Add your flatpak sync configuration file to your desktop ( $HOME/.config/flatpak-sync/flatpak.json )
2. Run flatpak-sync run -v
3. Done! Flatpak Repositories are setup, applications are installed and permissions are set.

Add an Application to your configuration file. This also copies user permissions.

flatpak-sync add <repo> <app-id>
flatpak-sync add --help

eg.
flatpak-sync add flathub com.spotify.Client

Remove an Application from syncing.

flatpak-sync remove <repo> <app-id>
flatpak-sync remove --help

eg.
flatpak-sync remove flathub com.spotify.Client

Create a configuration file of existing flatpak repositories, applications and permissions.

flatpak-sync generate
flatpak-sync generate --help

Install flatpak applications and configure permissions (Sync)

flatpak-sync run
flatpak-sync run --help

Chezmoi is a command line tool to easily manage your dotfiles with git. https://github.com/twpayne/chezmoi https://fedoramagazine.org/take-back-your-dotfiles-with-chezmoi/

Flatseal is a GUI application that makes adding permissions to your flakpak applications easy. https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.github.tchx84.Flatseal https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/02/flatseal-manage-flatpak-permissions

Creae an issue and post these things

• Distro (hostnamectl)
• Flatpak version (flatpak --version)
• Flatpak-sync configuration file (~/.config/flatpak-sync/flatpak.json) file

Create an issue here on github.

Yes, they can be found here.

Yes, create a Pull Request.

$HOME/.config/flatpak-sync/flatpak.json

Here is an example configuration file