Flatseal 1.8: Installation and exploration of the GUI for Flatpak
At the beginning of the year, we dedicated an entry to Flat Seal, when he was in his version 1.7.5. And since, currently, it is in its version "Flatseal 1.8", we have decided to complement it with this one today. To offer more details, especially visual, and especially, on how install it easily making use of the GNOME Software application.
In addition, to take the opportunity to show each of the options and parameters that today, Flatseal offers for manage permissions of the various Flatpak applications, graphically, simply and quickly on our GNU / Linux Operating Systems.
But, before continuing this installation and exploration of "Flatseal 1.8", we recommend exploring some previous related content, at the end:
Flatseal 1.8: The current version of Flatseal suitable for Flatpak
Why use Flatseal?
When we install some FlatPak app, we may find that it requires certain permissions and settings, to be able to function completely well on our Operating System.
For example, personally, once I installed a Win App by Bottles application, which in turn, was installed with Flatpak. And despite the fact that it ran very well, and allowed the new files created to work from it without major problems, it would not let me open an existing file located on My Personal Folder (/home/myuser).
So, to solve the problem, install and run Flat Seal. Then select the app Bottles to proceed to give read/write permissions about My Personal Folder. For this, I went to “File system” section and I enabled the "All User Files" option.
And ready. I solved the problem, since when I started the Bottles application again, and opened any of the WinApps installed with it, they all already had read/write permission to My Personal Folder.
Installing Flatseal 1.8 Using GNOME Software
To install the application Flat Seal we will use GNOMESoftware, about him respin Miracles 3.0 based MX-21 (Debian-11) with XFCE, which we currently have customized as if it were a Ubuntu 22.04. As shown below:
exploring the app
To execute Flatseal 1.8 from now on, we just have to look for it in the Applications menu.
Once executed, we will see that in its Graphic interface, in the top bar, the following elements are located:
- Search Button (Magnifying Glass): For installed Flatpak applications,
- General options menu (3 horizontal bars): To access the help and documentation, the keyboard shortcuts and the information window about it (About).
- Zero reset button: For changed settings.
While, at the bottom, the graphical interface is divided into 2:
- A column of applications: To display the general settings of All applications and each of the installed ones.
- A configuration area: To display each of the parameters and features available to adjust the operation of the applications.
As seen below:
To know more about Flatseal 1.8 you can visit the official websites in:
Summary
In summary, "Flatseal 1.8" is the ideal application to combine with GNOMEsoftware, in case you have added the Flatpack support. In such a way, to be able to manage every last detail or characteristic of any application installed under this file format.
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