824010 – flatpak XDG_DATA_DIRS

Bug 824010 - flatpak XDG_DATA_DIRS

Summary: flatpak XDG_DATA_DIRS

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Documentation
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Devmanual (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Devmanual Team

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Reported:	2021-11-16 11:16 UTC by Luke A. Guest
Modified:	2021-11-17 03:32 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Luke A. Guest 2021-11-16 11:16:58 UTC

The guide https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Flatpak should mention setting this variable as the user gets the following warning:

Note that the directories 

'/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share'
'/home/$USER/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share'

are not in the search path set by the XDG_DATA_DIRS environment variable, so
applications installed by Flatpak may not appear on your desktop until the
session is restarted.

Comment 1 Ulrich Müller gentoo-dev

2021-11-16 11:36:00 UTC

Not a devmanual bug, and generally eiki page issues shouldn't be reported in Bugzilla but in the wiki itself.

You can either edit the Wiki yourself, or report the issue at the talk page: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Talk:Flatpak

Closing (lacking a better alternative, using "invalid" as resolution).

Comment 2 Harris Landgarten 2021-11-17 02:08:27 UTC

If you add yourself to the flatpak group and reboot, it works.

Comment 3 Luke A. Guest 2021-11-17 03:32:19 UTC

(In reply to Harris Landgarten from comment #2)
> If you add yourself to the flatpak group and reboot, it works.

Not mentioned in the docs.