I have this problem where I want this environment variable to work inside the flatpak package. The variable is set in the bashrc file. Also, the variable works when I run my app before packaging. After packaging the variable stops working. The var is named GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS. My package builds well, thanks to people on this forum and others. Now to launch the program I need to launch it from the terminal. If I launch from a runlauncher, like krunner, the variable is not loaded.
I used flatseal and set the env var and my app works. This is great. Now I want to place a file somewhere on the host sytem that’s accessable to the flatpak package regardless of whether or not it’s installed in user or non-user mode. I want to use the ‘–env’ finishing option in my flatpak manifest yaml file.
I’m looking at this page:
https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/sandbox-permissions.html#dconf-access
The file I want on the system will hopefully actually be a link to the file I have in my home folder. I’m hoping a symbolic link will work. Then, installing on a new system, the real location can be used or the symbolic link can be used again. Additionally the flatpak can be installed user or non-user.
TLDR: Where do I put things on the system that I can read from my flatpak that are not in the home directory? (and are not temporary) ??