How to Install and Uninstall flatpak Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 22,2024

You can also install and uninstall the flatpak on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "flatpak" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install flatpak on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "flatpak" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall flatpak on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                flatpak
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the flatpak package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: flatpak
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.12.7-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4821
Depends: adduser, bubblewrap (>= 0.4.0), default-dbus-system-bus | dbus-system-bus, xdg-dbus-proxy (>= 0.1.0), libappstream-glib8 (>= 0.6.1), libarchive13 (>= 3.0.4), libc6 (>= 2.34), libdconf1 (>= 0.26.0), libfuse2 (>= 2.9.2), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.67.3), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 1.5.2), libmalcontent-0-0 (>= 0.6.0), libostree-1-1 (>= 2020.8), libpolkit-agent-1-0 (>= 0.105), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.101), libseccomp2 (>= 2.5.2), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.41.90), libsystemd0, libxau6 (>= 1:1.0.9), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libzstd1 (>= 1.4.0)
Recommends: ca-certificates, desktop-file-utils, hicolor-icon-theme, gtk-update-icon-cache, libpam-systemd, p11-kit, policykit-1, shared-mime-info, xdg-desktop-portal (>= 1.6), xdg-desktop-portal-gtk (>= 1.6) | xdg-desktop-portal-backend, xdg-user-dirs
Suggests: avahi-daemon, malcontent-gui
Conflicts: xdg-app
Replaces: xdg-app
Filename: pool/universe/f/flatpak/flatpak_1.12.7-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1316242
MD5sum: 7238197b17f31e7353a6349de00a78a4
SHA1: 0e4e10f6babc6a728f2b74a3f6164d3b48d62cc5
SHA256: 046190845166610eee1f586b26faa3675050c267c063369efd96dfedf0b560e9
SHA512: 6e5457e7fbebe9911bd104a37517a3d3707b17ce8d79f31ee99b4efc063d1f84554500aff07ca30dcc1327d605c19af8744e18b8f5def8cb55f77bf3fc6010b9
Homepage: https://flatpak.org/
Description: Application deployment framework for desktop apps
Description-md5: f91acb1d2880527b2759bc5e2d99fbff
Task: ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop