Feature request: Expand the scope of "user installed packages" (to include all installed packages)

[justcosmic1]

Re the naming thing...i.e. not wanting to call MXPI a package manager;
wouldn't that be a bit like not wanting to call a Ferrari a car, simply because there are these poorly made Fiats that are also called cars ?...

[Charlie Brown]

+1


Iirc (from Lubuntu and/or Mint) they use the words "Store" or "Center" which I dislike in general. (App. Store / Software Download Center or so)... However this is just a "Manager" as the name implies: manages the packages: installs, removes, upgrades ... Synaptic is also called "Package Manager" ...

[dings]

I am very happy that "user installed packages" lists user installed packages. Thanks for that.

[Germ]

Sufficient to say, flatpak -list is a command for that purpose.

It's actually flatpak list

[m_pav]

@Germ thanks for that, nice catch. MY propensity to not use flatpaks and my habit of using dashes, ....

@justcomic1 You make a good argument, along with CharlesV about the package manager.

Re: the User Installed Packages, to incorporate a list of installed flatpacks, AFAIK, wouldn't the Flatpack hub package repo list have to be queried and filtered in order to get the list of installed flatpaks?
I simply do not know if there is a local list/database of installed flatpaks because I have no need of them, but I guess there has to be one somewhere.

If the option to check for flatpaks were ever to be included, my preference would be to have a checkbox at the beginning that allows the inclusion of flatpaks and for the results to be distinctly marked and put into a secondary list to avoid confusion when the same named package is available through the regular repos. That is not my decision to make.

[count-72-on-fingers]

@Germ thanks for that, nice catch. MY propensity to not use flatpaks and my habit of using dashes, ....

@justcomic1 You make a good argument, along with CharlesV about the package manager.

Re: the User Installed Packages, to incorporate a list of installed flatpacks, AFAIK, wouldn't the Flatpack hub package repo list have to be queried and filtered in order to get the list of installed flatpaks?
I simply do not know if there is a local list/database of installed flatpaks because I have no need of them, but I guess there has to be one somewhere.

If the option to check for flatpaks were ever to be included, my preference would be to have a checkbox at the beginning that allows the inclusion of flatpaks and for the results to be distinctly marked and put into a secondary list to avoid confusion when the same named package is available through the regular repos. That is not my decision to make.

Hello everyone

What then is the source of

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flatpak list --app

?

Could a button be made to run a script that would make this call?

Just a simple idea from a simple mind.

I do not need the button, but then I am used to managing flatpaks in a terminal (with the exception of permissions, for which I use the flatpak gui application "Flatseal").

Wishing all well...

[justcosmic1]

@m_pav and @everyone:
First of all thank you for taking the time to listen....or at least read..and being open minded.
I agree with the idea of having a check box for Flatpack if it were implemented:
That goes along with my original ambitious request of having various check boxes and tabs and so on.
I think user choice is key.

Thanks to everyone who have suggested various command line options that could potentially be turned into scripts triggered in a GUI.

For those who like the functionality as it is: I definitely would want it to remain easy for you to carry on just using the options you want and ignoring the rest.
The ethos of choice around things like systemd is something I really appreciate about MX - and it would be my desire for any enhancements to work in concert with that.

[Eadwine Rose]

Hello everyone

What then is the source of

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flatpak list --app

?

Could a button be made to run a script that would make this call?

Just a simple idea from a simple mind.

I do not need the button, but then I am used to managing flatpaks in a terminal (with the exception of permissions, for which I use the flatpak gui application "Flatseal").

Wishing all well...

Pretty sure you could make a shortcut that sits on your desktop with the above command and some addition that outputs to a text file.