From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A4944138334 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2019 16:31:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E6B33E084E; Tue, 12 Feb 2019 16:31:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blaine.gmane.org (unknown [195.159.176.226]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 76B7EE0841 for ; Tue, 12 Feb 2019 16:31:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gtayB-000csD-92 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:31:39 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Experiences with Flatpak? Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 16:31:34 -0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) X-Archives-Salt: 502c3509-ed64-46a5-87a8-e3b86f1bd7ca X-Archives-Hash: 2c0c663405cfdaed95ea796b526f593c On 2019-01-25, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: >>> Also, I run systemd; I *think* it's necessary to run flatpak. >> >> Ouch. I don't, so that's a bit of a blocker for me. > > I'm not sure anymore; flatpak doesn't need systemd and ostree has it as an > optional dependency[1]. It may work with OpenRC. > > [1] https://github.com/fosero/flatpak-overlay/blob/master/sys-fs/libostree/libostree-2019.1.ebuild#L37 It installs fine without systemd (you need a -systemd USE flag). But, following the Gentoo Quick Setup instructions from https://flatpak.org/setup/Gentoo/ produces this not-so-useful result: $ flatpak --version Flatpak 1.0.6 $ flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo Segmentation fault Color me unimpressed. So much for "a next-generation technology for building and distributing desktop applications on Linux Start"... -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! NANCY!! Why is at everything RED?! gmail.com