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Re:Linux desktop leaders unite behind Flathub app store. Her... by sirius87 on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @12:58PM (#35171224)
Try using Flatseal [1] which is a Flatpak app that helps manage permissions for other Flatpak apps. You can see exactly what permissions are enabled in each app's sandbox and expand/override everything from env vars to filesystem locations you want to enable access to.

[1] https://github.com/tchx84/Flatseal

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Re:Linux desktop leaders unite behind Flathub app store. Her... by brucethemoose2 on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @01:15PM (#35171528)
Yeah, but "install this thing to manually tweak that thing to get those things to work" is so linux, and is exactly what Flatpak is trying to avoid.

On the other hand, its a security issue, so I supposed some opt in friction is prudent.

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Re:Linux desktop leaders unite behind Flathub app store. Her... by sirius87 on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @01:35PM (#35171884)
Flatseal is only a convenience. I think you'll find that the flatpak CLI [1] has commands to do everything Flatseal does, albeit in an arguably unwieldy way.

[1] https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/flatpak-command-reference...

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Re:Linux desktop leaders unite behind Flathub app store. Her... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Wednesday March 15, 2023 @02:23PM (#35172523)
There are still things Flatseal cannot make work though. For instance, the Wireshark FlatPak is incapable of actually capturing packets.
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