How the hell i activate flatpakref?

Jul 2, 2021
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Im trying to install kdenlive on my terminal but it it asks for a authentification with my password but i cant type anything, can anyone help me please? PD: its on Chrome OS

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Alonso, this isn’t an answer but do you know what password it’s expecting (even if you can’t type it in)? I’m trying to install Zoom but get prompted for a password as shown below. I’m completely stuck. If i hit enter, it just terminates with an error.

                                    ==== AUTHENTICATING FOR org.freedesktop.Flatpak.app-install ====

Authentication is required to install software
Authenticating as:
Password:

error: Failed to install org.freedesktop.Platform: Message recipient disconnected from message bus without replying
agscott@penguin:~$ polkit-agent-helper-1: pam_authenticate failed: Authentication failure

I’d used the install command I found here Flathub—An app store and build service for Linux i.e.

flatpak install flathub us.zoom.Zoom

Thanks

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@Alonso I reviewed the webpages that told me how to install flatpak itself. Whilst I hadn’t needed to use “sudo su” before, I thought I’d try it and it worked. I wasn’t prompted for a password. Have a look at https://beebom.com/how-install-flatpak-snap-app-store-linux-chromebook/ if you haven’t already resolved your problem.