Flatpak 1.17 Adds Support For Sideloading From OCI Images, flatpak+HTTPS URIs
Flatpak 1.17 is out today as the newest feature release for this Linux app sandboxing/distribution tech. Flatpak 1.17 brings a number of exciting new features.
Flatpak 1.17 in conjunction with XDG-Desktop-Portal can now allow directories to be forwarded to the sandboxed app as command-line arguments.
Flatpak 1.17 also now allows direct installation from an OCI image. Flatpak also now supports side-loading from OCI repositories and archives. This allows apps to be installed from OCI images stored in local side-load repositories.
Flatpak also now lets apps that are conceptually part of the OS to be pre-installed by dropping the files into the preinstall.d directories.
Plus there is now support for flatpaK+https:// URIs in flatpak install --from handling.
There is also a new --clear-env option for flatpak run to clar the environment from the host before running the application, support for conditional permissions, enabling VA-API video acceleration for Intel Xe GPUs, JSON output support for more Flatpak commands, and various other improvements.
Downloads and more details on today's Flatpak 1.17 release via GitHub.
Flatpak 1.17 in conjunction with XDG-Desktop-Portal can now allow directories to be forwarded to the sandboxed app as command-line arguments.
Flatpak 1.17 also now allows direct installation from an OCI image. Flatpak also now supports side-loading from OCI repositories and archives. This allows apps to be installed from OCI images stored in local side-load repositories.
Flatpak also now lets apps that are conceptually part of the OS to be pre-installed by dropping the files into the preinstall.d directories.
Plus there is now support for flatpaK+https:// URIs in flatpak install --from handling.
There is also a new --clear-env option for flatpak run to clar the environment from the host before running the application, support for conditional permissions, enabling VA-API video acceleration for Intel Xe GPUs, JSON output support for more Flatpak commands, and various other improvements.
Downloads and more details on today's Flatpak 1.17 release via GitHub.