Fedora Flatpak Setup

The following tutorial replaces Fedora RPM applications with Flatpak (Flathub), providing better isolation and more consistent updates.

📦 Converted Applications

• GNOME Core Apps (Calendar, Contacts, Maps, Weather, etc.)

🔧 Requirements

• Fedora Workstation

List of applications that will be installed:

ID application	Name
org.gnome.Boxes	Boxes
org.gnome.Calculator	Calculator
org.gnome.Calendar	Calendar
org.gnome.Characters	Characters
org.gnome.clocks	Clocks
org.gnome.Contacts	Contacts
org.gnome.Decibels	Audio Player
org.gnome.baobab	Disk Usage Analyzer
org.gnome.SimpleScan	Document Scanner
org.gnome.Papers	Document Viewer
org.gnome.font-viewer	Fonts
org.gnome.Logs	Logs
org.gnome.Loupe	Image Viewer
org.gnome.Maps	Maps
net.nokyan.Resources	Resources
org.gnome.Showtime	Videos
org.gnome.TextEditor	Text Editor
app.devsuite.Ptyxis	Ptyxis
org.gnome.Weather	Weather
org.gnome.Snapshot	Screenshot
com.mattjakeman.ExtensionManager	Extensions
page.tesk.Refine	Refine

This list can be updated as it changes the application base of GNOME Core.

✨ Features

• Removes RPM applications and Installs Flatpak versions
  Replaces RPM apps with Flatpak packages, ensuring better sandboxing and more frequent updates.

• Sets Flathub as the highest priority repository
  Configures Flatpak to prioritize Flathub, the largest and most reliable source of GNOME apps.

• Applies the ADW GTK3 theme
  Installs and enables the ADW GTK3 theme for a seamless and visually consistent experience with GNOME.

🚀 Automatic Installation (run the script)

Step by step:

1. Download or clone the script from GitHub:

   cd ~/Downloads
   wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/diogopessoa/fedora-flatpak-setup/main/fedora-flatpak-setup.sh

2. Make it executable:

   chmod +x fedora-flatpak-setup.sh

3. Run with superuser privileges:

   sudo ./fedora-flatpak-setup.sh

Done! If everything went well, you will receive the message "✅ Process completed successfully!".

🔨 Manual Installation (alternative)

1. Uninstall RPM applications in GNOME Software

• Open GNOME Software (Programs)
  • click on 'Installed'
  • manually remove the RPM applications

2. Check if the Flathub repository is enabled:

• Enable Flathub

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

• Prioritize Flatpak (Flathub) for GNOME Software

sudo flatpak remote-modify --system --prio=1 flathub

• Copy and paste in the terminal to install the applications:

flatpak install flathub --assumeyes --noninteractive app.devsuite.Ptyxis com.mattjakeman.ExtensionManager net.nokyan.Resources org.gnome.baobab org.gnome.Boxes org.gnome.Calculator org.gnome.Calendar org.gnome.Characters org.gnome.clocks org.gnome.Contacts org.gnome.Decibels org.gnome.font-viewer org.gnome.Logs org.gnome.Loupe org.gnome.Maps org.gnome.Papers org.gnome.Showtime org.gnome.SimpleScan org.gnome.Snapshot org.gnome.TextEditor org.gnome.Weather page.tesk.Refine

3. GTK Theme adjustment for Flatpak applications

• Install the theme

sudo dnf install adw-gtk3-theme

• Apply the theme

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'adw-gtk3-dark'

• Finish the setup

flatpak update

That's it!

📄 License

Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal — free for use, modification and distribution..