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Install as a Flatpak extension #155

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orowith2os opened this issue Mar 12, 2023 · 0 comments · May be fixed by #156
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Install as a Flatpak extension #155

orowith2os opened this issue Mar 12, 2023 · 0 comments · May be fixed by #156

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orowith2os commented Mar 12, 2023

Due to flatpak's sandboxed nature, it has to bundle libraries such as graphics drivers. However, it (the runtime) provides a way to work around this a bit: org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.host.

The PKGBUILD would need to install the binaries to the appropriate /var directory. Symlinks wouldn't work, as they wouldn't resolve inside of bubblewrap.

I'm working on documentation to improve the situation for drivers like this over at flatpak/flatpak-docs#382.

https://blog.tingping.se/2018/08/26/flatpak-host-extensions.html

Flatpak also has a utility built in that runs on every flatpak update so that the NVIDIA drivers are synced, however this needs to be ran whenever the host NVIDIA driver is updated.

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