Problem running on Debian 11

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I have installed Flatpak on Debian 11 but it can find or search for any known items like VLC. I get the following. I am using version Flatpak 1.10.7. What could be wrong

flatpak search vlc
No matches found

If I perform the following to check the URL

flatpak remotes -d
Name Title URL Collection ID Subset Filter Priority Options … … Homepage Icon
flathub Flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/ - - - 1 system … … https://flathub.org/ https://dl.flathub.org/repo/logo.svg

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Which architecture? x86_64 or aarch64?

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debian 11, 32 bit, Linux debian1 5.10.0-20-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 5.10.158-2 (2022-12-13) i686 GNU/Linux

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flathub doesn’t support any 32 bit architectures. So that’s expected.

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What is the reason. Flatpak installs on a 32 bit machine with no Error message and its just a repository so if an app like VLC exists for the 32 bit platform why not flatpak?

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it’s too much work to maintain the runtime for obsolete architectures.

flaptak is just the tool. It’s not the runtime.

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Why does it install on 32 bit system?

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flatpak is NOT flathub.

Flatpak is just a tool. Nothing prevent anyone from supporting obslete architecture to install application as flatpak.

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Can flatpak be used on a 32 bit system? Can software be installed on a 32 bit system using flatpak?

https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/multiarch.html?highlight=32%20bit

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And I said in the other thread, 32-bits runtime are no longer supported. That doesn’t prevent flatpak from working, just that there is no software packages for it anymore.

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I understand. If flatpak does not provide any 32 bit software packages it should warn users that no packages are supported since it would be useless for 32 bit systems.

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