Getting Flatpak to work

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I’m running Debian 13 and attempting to install Steam via flatpak. I have the files in ///home/username/Downloads/ flathub.flatpakrepo and com.valvesoftware.Steam.flatpakref

Flatpak is installed:
flatpak --version
Flatpak 1.16.1

double click on flathub.flatpakrepo
Cannot interact with flatpak resources without the flatpak backend file:///home/samuel/Downloads/flathub.flatpakrepo. Please install it first.

double click on com.valvesoftware.Steam.flatpakref
Cannot interact with flatpak resources without the flatpak backend file:///home/samuel/Downloads/com.valvesoftware.Steam.flatpakref. Please install it first.

This is the first time attempting to use flatpak I must be missing something but for the life of me I don’t know what it is.

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Solved.

I found the issue sort of it just worked when I ran the install but it would not before…

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These are the notes I made for installing Flatpak on Debian 13 GNOME DE

Install Flatpak:

  1. sudo apt update
  2. sudo apt upgrade -y
  3. sudo apt install flatpak -y
  4. sudo apt install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak -y
  5. flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
  6. sudo reboot

NOTE: The URL listed in Debian 12 is deprecated. It has been changed to:
sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
also see the Debian Wiki: Flatpak - Debian Wiki

Also recommended Install Flatseal from Software Center.

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