Help needed - Flatpak setup instructions

[Simon McVittie]

On Wed, 21 Feb 2018 at 15:59:25 +0000, Allan Day wrote:
> Specifically, we need to know the situation regarding the GNOME Software
> Flatpak plugin for the following distros:
...
>  * Debian
> 
> We need to know whether these distros use GNOME Software

Dependent on choice of desktop environment. GNOME is the default in
the installer, and has included gnome-software since Debian 8 'jessie'
(released in 2015). KDE, XFCE, etc. don't.

> if the plugin is installed by default

Not currently. Debian 10 'buster' (expected 2019) might install it as
part of a default GNOME desktop.

> and if it isn't, what the correct command is to install it

pkexec apt install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak

This will also pull in gnome-software if you don't already have it.

Regards,
    smcv