I have a couple of flatpaks installed that are no longer available on flathub, and i want to make sure to back them up so that i can run them later if i install a fresh distro for example.

Is it as simple as copying the application folder from ~/.local/share/flatpak and adding it there later? Does that include dependencies as well?

  • Chewy
    26•3 days ago

    Yes, ~/.local/share/flatpak includes all user installed flatpaks, while /var/lib/flatpak includes all system wide installed flatpaks. Both include repository information and required runtimes (i.e. dependencies).

    This does not include user data, which is stored in ~/.var/app.

    Make sure to test your backup just in case on another system/VM.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•1 day ago

      Can someone explain why global flatpaks are installed in /var/lib and not /opt or /usr/local?

    • @[email protected]English
      -2•3 days ago

      What about app data? If I only want to backup my app data for all flatpak application but not the application itself, where can I find the directory?

        • @[email protected]English
          -1•1 day ago

          Bruh, I am pretty sure when I commented the question, this information wasn’t there.

          Is there a way to see previous edits of a comment in fediverse?

          Edit: Nvm I didnt read properly