[SOLVED] Flatpaks don't install correctly

23 January 2025, 17:00:44

I've just migrated from Arch Linux to Artix, and am setting up my computer how I like it. I use the Cinnamon desktop.

I've been liking Artix so far, but with one major hiccup: I used the password manager Bitwarden before switching, and am planning to continue using it now. However, the desktop GUI application for Bitwarden is only available on Arch and Artix as a Flatpak (by my knowledge). In order to install it, I have run:

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sudo pacman -Syu flatpak

and subsequently:

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flatpak install flathub com.bitwarden.desktop

However, Flatpak is misbehaving: I have successfully installed Bitwarden, and can launch it with

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flatpak run com.bitwarden.desktop

but it doesn't show up in my application menu, and when open, I cannot pin it to my panel. This makes it "invisible" everywhere except CLI, and for some time, I thought it had failed to install.
From installing other flatpaks, I've discovered that every flatpak has this issue - which I didn't encounter on Arch. Surely, this isn't intended behavior - did I make a silly mistake?

To be clear, what I really want is to be able to see and launch the Bitwarden app from my application menu (Super). If there's a way to do that that doesn't involve fixing this issue, I'd be happy to hear it - but it would also be nice to avoid this happening to other Flatpaks I may need to use in the future without having to do a manual workaround for every Flatpak app.
I'd be happy to run commands and give you any info you need to help me.

Re: Flatpaks don't install correctly

Reply #1 – 23 January 2025, 17:44:33

Hello.

After installing flatpak did you reboot your computer?

Re: Flatpaks don't install correctly

Reply #2 – 23 January 2025, 17:57:09

Quote from: Ogis – on 23 January 2025, 17:44:33

Hello.

After installing flatpak did you reboot your computer?

Yes - I've restarted my computer several times since then. I'll shut my computer down all the way and turn it back on one more time to be safe.

Re: Flatpaks don't install correctly

Reply #3 – 23 January 2025, 18:07:49

I did make a silly mistake, after all! I may have restarted my computer since installing Flatpak, but I forgot to do so before installing Bitwarden. New Flatpaks I've downloaded since I restarted are showing up correctly, and when I realized this and reinstalled Bitwarden, it's begun working as expected. I'll mark this as solved now.

Re: Flatpaks don't install correctly

Reply #4 – 23 January 2025, 18:08:29

Bitwarden is available in arch repositories which you can use within artix too:

Install artix-archlinux-support
That will also give you some text output that you need to add to pacman.conf
Then you run "pacman-key --populate archlinux"

Alternatively you can install it from AUR