[SOLVED] Flatpak/Flatseal Gnucash fails to launch
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[SOLVED] Flatpak/Flatseal Gnucash fails to launch
I just went through a clean install, replacing my Linux Mint 19.3 with Mint 20.2. Gnucash 3.8 is provided and it opens my data file seemingly OK, but I had the flatpak running version 4.x, and would like to get that back. I have installed and reinstalled flatpak, but when I click on the icon for gnucash 4.x, I get the wait timer, and then nothing. Flatseal also reacts the same way, i.e. does not open, although if flatpak is really installed it should at least show its window. Ideas on how to get the flatpak programs running again? Thanks
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- Elmar
Dual boot win 10 & Linux Mint
Release Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia 64-bit
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Release Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia 64-bit
Kernel Linux 5.15.0-91-generic x86_64
MATE 1.26.0
Re: Flatpak/Flatseal Gnucash fails to launch
Hi. Is gnucash 4.x in the start menu? If so, delete the icon you have on the desktop, then right click on the one in the start menu and 'Add to desktop' of 'Add to panel'.
Re: Flatpak/Flatseal Gnucash fails to launch
Yes, it is in the start menu, and its properties says the command to invoke it is the following
The flatseal command is
Does that help?
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/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=gnucash --file-forwarding org.gnucash.GnuCash @@ %f @@
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/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=com.github.tchx84.Flatseal com.github.tchx84.Flatseal
- Elmar
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Release Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia 64-bit
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Re: Flatpak/Flatseal Gnucash fails to launch
Yes that helps. How did you access the properties of the Gnucash launcher in the start menu?Yes, it is in the start menu, and its properties says
I still stand by what I said in my first post. Delete your desktop launcher and then put it back from the start menu. Then try to start Gnucash with the new launcher.
Re: Flatpak/Flatseal Gnucash fails to launch
Open the start menu, right click the icon, and edit properties, then copy the command line. I try to launch from the menu itself. No luck. Uninstalled it, reinstalled it, and still no change in behavior. It simply will not start, just displays the wait throbber, then nothing. How do I test flatpak itself?
- Elmar
Dual boot win 10 & Linux Mint
Release Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia 64-bit
Kernel Linux 5.15.0-91-generic x86_64
MATE 1.26.0
Dual boot win 10 & Linux Mint
Release Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia 64-bit
Kernel Linux 5.15.0-91-generic x86_64
MATE 1.26.0
Re: Flatpak/Flatseal Gnucash fails to launch
Please type this in a terminal and report the response:I try to launch from the menu itself. No luck. Uninstalled it, reinstalled it, and still no change in behavior. It simply will not start, just displays the wait throbber, then nothing.
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gnucash
Type this in a terminal:How do I test flatpak itself?
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flatpak list
Re: Flatpak/Flatseal Gnucash fails to launch
mikeflan wrote: ⤴Sat Nov 27, 2021 9:47 pm Please type this in a terminal and report the response:Code: Select all
gnucash
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ets@Shinobi ~ $ gnucash
Found Finance::Quote version 1.49.
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flatpak list
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ets@Shinobi ~ $ flatpak list
error: While opening repository /home/ets/.local/share/flatpak/repo: opening repo: opendir(objects): No such file or directory
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[core]
repo_version=1
mode=bare-user-only
min-free-space-size=500MB
There is another folder in there, labelled overides - and it contains one file "/home/ets/.local/share/flatpak/overrides/org.gnucash.GnuCash" and does not contain an equivalent flatseal entry.
Doing a search through the file system for flatseal, I found that there are populated folders in /var/lib/flatpak/app/, namely /var/lib/flatpak/app/com.github.tchx84.Flatseal and /var/lib/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash
Does this help?
- Elmar
Dual boot win 10 & Linux Mint
Release Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia 64-bit
Kernel Linux 5.15.0-91-generic x86_64
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Release Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia 64-bit
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MATE 1.26.0
Re: Flatpak/Flatseal Gnucash fails to launch
Glad to see your non-flatpak Gnucash ver 3.8 is working.
I'm not sure why your flatpak installation is messed up. So for flatpaks a repository is just a simple file on your system. Who knew?
Your flatpak installation used to work and now it doesn't. This is a job for Timeshift
I can't give you any other constructive recommendation. We are looking for better help.
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ets@Shinobi ~ $ flatpak list
error: While opening repository /home/ets/.local/share/flatpak/repo: opening repo: opendir(objects): No such file or directory
Your flatpak installation used to work and now it doesn't. This is a job for Timeshift
I can't give you any other constructive recommendation. We are looking for better help.
Re: Flatpak/Flatseal Gnucash fails to launch
Well, it worked on 19.3. It has never worked on this 20.2 clean installation. Timeshift would dump me back into the problems with the internet that I left 19.3 for. Thanks for the help so far, but I'm still hosed, and have no clue why.
- Elmar
Dual boot win 10 & Linux Mint
Release Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia 64-bit
Kernel Linux 5.15.0-91-generic x86_64
MATE 1.26.0
Dual boot win 10 & Linux Mint
Release Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia 64-bit
Kernel Linux 5.15.0-91-generic x86_64
MATE 1.26.0
[SOLVED] Re: Flatpak/Flatseal Gnucash fails to launch
This thread has the solution - https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issu ... -621545087
and worked. I now have things running again
and
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rm -rf ~/.local/share/flatpak
- Elmar
Dual boot win 10 & Linux Mint
Release Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia 64-bit
Kernel Linux 5.15.0-91-generic x86_64
MATE 1.26.0
Dual boot win 10 & Linux Mint
Release Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia 64-bit
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MATE 1.26.0