I have a Python-package that calls Inkscape as part of a conversion process. I have it installed, but through Flatpak. This means that calling inkscape does not work in the terminal, but rather flatpak run org.inkscape.Inkscape. I need the package to be able to call it as inkscape.

What is the best way to go about this?

  • @[email protected]English
    14•11 months ago

    I handle it more like ln -s /var/lib/flatpak/exports/bin/org.inkscape.Inkscape ~/.local/bin/inkscape

    .local/bin is a directory that you may have to make, but your shell’s startup scripts should automatically add it to the PATH after that.

    • Ananace
      1•11 months ago

      I personally use ~/.bin for my own symlinks, though I also use the user-specific installation instead of the system-wide one.
      I wouldn’t guarantee that any automation handles ~/.local/bin or ~/.bin either, that would depend entirely on the distribution. In my case I’ve added both to PATH manually.