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wth, that was really annoying (lemmy.ml)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Background-Story: I did a "flatpak update" on a remote client and every package wants the PW for downloading and for installing again. I had to enter the password like 30 times or more.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

next time you can use su or sudo

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That installs and or updates roots flatpaks

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Only with --user (I think)? Root can also update the "system installation" flatpaks, which are presumably what OP needed a password for.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Ah, I've never tried

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Which is what flatpak will always do unless provided with the --user flag.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

That installs and or updates roots flatpaks

Which is what flatpak will always do unless provided with the --user flag.

By default it operates in system-wide mode, which is different from "root's".

flatpak list and sudo flatpak list will both show you what is installed system wide, and flatpak list --user will show you your user's, and sudo flatpak list --user will show you the root user's flatpaks installed in per-user mode (of which there are typically none).