Flatpak run - error: No remote refs found similar to ‘flathub’

[chrisawi]

@tmrdev

For all of the parameters that need to be set - say runtime or base-version, etc… Is there a section in the Docs that lists each parameter (on a per file basis in the manifest) and every available option that can be set. I have not found this in the Docs yet.

There is man flatpak-manifest: Flatpak Builder Command Reference - Flatpak documentation

@tmrdev

I’m on Debian 11 so are you saying that I need to use apt and install version 23.08 for org.freedesktop.Platform?

No, it needs to be installed by flatpak

@tmrdev

How does the remote option work? It needs to be configured and then org.freedesktop.Platform is installed remotely?

A remote is what other package managers would call a repository. The term is inherited from ostree.

Assuming you have the flathub remote added to the system installation, you can do flatpak install flathub org.freedesktop.Sdk//23.08, and then flatpak-builder won’t attempt to install it in the user installation.

@tmrdev

I set the base-version to 0.9.7 which is the current version numbering for our app Greenery, how can that match up with the freedesktop runtime? Is freedesktop providing support for Electron? I may be setting base-version incorrectly as it should be set to the version of Electron that we are using?

The correct value for base-version is specific to the base app you’re using. In the case of org.electronjs.Electron2.BaseApp, it corresponds to the runtime version it itself was based on.

See Electron - Flatpak documentation

@tmrdev

Also where do I set the current version of the Greenery app that I’m trying to submit ? (Note it will be a Binary Release Only): Currently Greenery is at version 0.9.7

You don’t need to put that anywhere in the manifest except in the sources section if you’re using a versioned archive or git tag. Flatpak doesn’t know or care about versions; runtime-version and base-version are actually branch names.

You can specify your app’s version in the MetaInfo (aka appdata) file, which is primarily used by the Flathub website and software store frontends.