| Summary: | Installing first Flatpak repo in Discover requires the app to re-launch before Flatpak stuff fully takes effect | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] Discover | Reporter: | shoukry.go |
| Component: | Flatpak Backend | Assignee: | Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null> |
| Status: | CONFIRMED --- | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | aleixpol, hello, jgrulich, john.liptrot, nate, travier |
| Priority: | NOR | Keywords: | usability |
| Version First Reported In: | 5.27.8 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Kubuntu | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed/Implemented In: | ||
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
| Attachments: | Screencast of me trying to replicate the issue | ||
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Description
shoukry.go
2024-02-24 03:07:54 UTC
CHANGED - Menu dialogue does not tell you that flatpaks need a restart to work! - it doesn't say anything at all Cannot replicate using instructions from reporter. I have a screencast and will upload momentarily. Created attachment 167023 [details]
Screencast of me trying to replicate the issue
Here's the screencast.
(In reply to Mike Stemle from comment #3) > Created attachment 167023 [details] > Screencast of me trying to replicate the issue > > Here's the screencast. I forgot to mention, I'm using KDE Neon, not Kubuntu. This could still be a Kubuntu issue. Operating System: KDE neon Unstable Edition KDE Plasma Version: 6.0.80 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0 Qt Version: 6.6.2 Kernel Version: 6.5.0-25-generic (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 12 × 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-1365U Memory: 31.0 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Intel® Graphics Manufacturer: LENOVO Product Name: 21HM000SUS System Version: ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 SORRY- THIS ISSUE AFFECTS YOU AFTER ENABLING FLATPAKS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DISCOVER, the. reproduce the issue Hi, Is this still an issue for you? 5.27.8 is quite old now, can you still reproduce this on an up-to-date system? I cannot reproduce this. I have installed the game from this link >>> info.beyondallreason.bar <<< and I can launch it from Discover. I've been able to reproduce that in the past, that after first adding Flathub using Discover's UI for it, I needed to re-launch Discover or else Flatpak stuff didn't all work correctly. (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #7) > I've been able to reproduce that in the past, that after first adding > Flathub using Discover's UI for it, I needed to re-launch Discover or else > Flatpak stuff didn't all work correctly. Steps taken; 1. Purged all traces of flatphub repos with command 'flatpak remote-delete flathub' 2. Confirmed in both Discover's settings menu and command line that repos are gone with 'flatpak remotes -d' & 'flatpak remotes --show-disabled' 3. Closed Discover 4. Deleted the '.cache' folder in my home directory & also deleted the entire contents of the '.var/app/' folder, just in case this might interfere with testing in any way 5. Opened Discover and was presented with 'Add flathub' button on the home page. Clicked this button. 6. Confirmed flathub repo exists in Discovers settings menu. Confirmed existence of the flathub repo in the command line with 'flatpak remotes -d' 7. Installed beyond all reason. Installation process began, then eventually finished. What *did* work for me; 1. Installing 'BAR' worked fine. No errors or warnings. 2. Searching for vlc, firefox, blender, chrome etc etc returns results correctly. Results are clickable, the information pages of apps load properly, screenshots, reviews etc. 3. Starting 'BAR' from its own page with the 'launch' button works fine. No restart of Discover required. Also confirmed that 'BAR' was present in my start menu/application menu in Plasma and can be started from there too. 4. Uninstalling 'BAR' from its info page worked fine. 5. About page in Discover works. 6. Browsing 'all applications' or any other category/subcategory works fine. What did *not* work for me; 1. Installed page did not list 'BAR' when installed. Only 'KDE Linux' is shown, which is nothing to do with flathub. 2. After clicking the 'Add flathub' button in step 5, the home page changed to a 'check your connection' error. After all of this, I closed and then re-opened Discover. Both home page & Installed page work properly. Repeated steps 1-7, except this time in step 5 instead of clicking 'add flathub' on the home page, I clicked 'add flathub' on the settings page of Discover. No difference at all. Operating System: KDE Linux 2025-09-20 KDE Plasma Version: 6.5.80 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.19.0 Qt Version: 6.9.2 Kernel Version: 6.16.7-arch1-1 (64-bit) Graphics Platform: Wayland Processors: 2 × Intel® Pentium® 3805U @ 1.90GHz Memory: 4 GiB of RAM (3.7 GiB usable) Graphics Processor: Intel® HD Graphics Manufacturer: LENOVO Product Name: 80EW System Version: Lenovo B50-80 |