Zach EversonDec 2, 2022

Thanks so much to everyone who responded to my earlier request for help on getting flatpak working on my Pop!_OS laptop.

Just posted a more-detailed description of the problem, as well as what troubleshooting I've already done (a few folks had asked for more info) on Stack Exchange. Thank you!

#Ubuntu #PopOS #Linux #FLOSS

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/727010/apps-installed-via-flatpak-on-pop-os-unable-to-upload-download-import-export

Apps installed via Flatpak on Pop OS unable to upload, download, import, export, or save files

I'm running Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS (a flavor of Ubuntu), all updates available in the Pop Shop have been installed. Apps installed via flatpak appear to have a permissions issue. For example-- Brave: c...

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@z_everson Do file picker windows show up at all in flatpak applications? If not you might not have xdg-desktop-portal/xdg-desktop-portal-gnome installed somehow? They should come with pop_os by default. These are required for flatpak to interact with the system. You can use check in a terminal with [apt list xdg-desktop-portal] and [apt list xdg-desktop-portal-gnome]. If one isnt installed you can install both using [sudo apt install xdg-desktop-portal-gnome] in the terminal, then restarting.
Dec 2, 2022 at 2:34amWeb