Is it possible to install and use Flatpak as a non-root user?

[Matthew Leeds]

You can try using the "--user" option for the remote-add and install
commands, which will
make Flatpak use your home directory to store Flatpaks. But it might
still not work; the
generally supported case is for the flatpak package to be installed by
a sys admin and
thereafter used by unprivileged users via "--user".

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Matthew Leeds

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Matthew Leeds


On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 10:02 AM Parke <parke.nexus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Is it possible to both install and use Flatpak as a non-root user?  (I
> am using Linux 5.3.  I believe user-namespaces are enabled.)
>
> I have (as a non-root user) downloaded, built and installed Flatpak 1.6.0.
>
> I am now trying to install GnuCash.
>
> Flathub says I should run:
> flatpak install flathub org.gnucash.GnuCash
>
> (Source: https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnucash.GnuCash )
>
> When I run the above command, I get the following error:
> Looking for matches?
> error: No remote refs found similar to ?flathub?
>
> I found this page:
> https://community.clearlinux.org/t/flathub-error-cant-install/2023
>
> Based on the above page, I tried running this command:
> flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub
> https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
>
> I get the following error:
> error: The name org.freedesktop.Flatpak.SystemHelper was not provided
> by any .service files
>
> My system does not have a desktop environment installed.  I use Xorg
> with the Openbox window manager.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Parke
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