Flatpak list command not working

[Pascal]

Hi everybody,

Since a Week or so the terminal command “flatpak list” stopped working. It is not giving back any output. It worked one time after a restart of my computer, now even a restart doesnt helps anymore. Im sure I have the following flatpaks installed:

Mesa                 org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 26.0.5  25.08       system
Mesa (Extra)    desktop.Platform.GL.default 26.0.4  25.08-extra system
nvidia-595-71-05  org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-590-48-01         1.4         system
Nvidia VAAPI driver  org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.nvidia         25.08       system
Codecs Extra Extension org.freedesktop.Platform.codecs-extra         25.08-extra system
GNOME Application Platform org.gnome.Platform 49          system
Adwaita dark GTK Theme
adw-gtk3 GTK Theme gtk.Gtk3theme.adw-gtk3-dark 6.5     3.22        system

This is an old output from the flatpak list command.

I dont now what to do. Any Ideas?

[linux-aarhus]

Not immediately reproducible

 $ flatpak list
Name                  Application ID                       Version                  Branch      Installation
RustDesk              com.rustdesk.RustDesk                1.4.6                    stable      system
Freedesktop Platform  org.freedesktop.Platform             freedesktop-sdk-25.08.11 25.08       system
Mesa                  org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default  26.0.5                   25.08       system
Mesa (Extra)          org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default  26.0.5                   25.08-extra system
Codecs Extra Extensi… …g.freedesktop.Platform.codecs-extra                          25.08-extra system

[Teo]

Your unformatted output is hard to read, but i do not see any apps?
By default it should list both apps and runtimes but maybe something changed and it lists only apps. Try

flatpak list --runtime

[musdus]

Or try first to see where it is installed. And use full path to see what happens.

which flatpak

[Ben]

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So…

flatpaks installed

Mesa org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default 26.0.5 25.08 system
Mesa (Extra) desktop.Platform.GL.default 26.0.4 25.08-extra system
nvidia-595-71-05 org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-590-48-01 1.4 system
Nvidia VAAPI driver org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.nvidia 25.08 system
Codecs Extra Extension org.freedesktop.Platform.codecs-extra 25.08-extra system
GNOME Application Platform org.gnome.Platform 49 system
Adwaita dark GTK Theme
adw-gtk3 GTK Theme gtk.Gtk3theme.adw-gtk3-dark 6.5 3.22 system

[Pascal]

@Teo
Hi. Yeah i know that the unformatted output is hard to read, sorry about that. I don’t know how to format it. About your Idea With the command: flatpak list --runtime. The same. Just no Output, Response in the Terminal at all! As there aren’t any flatpaks installed at all.

@musdus
Hi. When I type in which flatpak the response is: /usr/bin/flatpak

And what now?

Mod edit: Consecutive posts merged.

[Teo]

Well maybe test the housekeeping

flatpak uninstall --unused

And the repair functions

sudo flatpak repair
flatpak repair --user

And for example in Warehouse, is there something listed? If you don’t have it it will be a nice test to see if installing still works:

flatpak install flathub io.github.flattool.Warehouse
flatpak run io.github.flattool.Warehouse

[musdus]

Thanks… flatpak is installed.

Before your first message was edited. I could not follow if flatpak was realy installed or removed.

follow @Teo houskeeping…

[soundofthunder]

@Pascal

@Pascal

Yeah i know that the unformatted output is hard to read, sorry about that. I don’t know how to format it.

Using the forum Search might have gone some way toward educating yourself. For example, the following Tutorial topic covers some of the more advanced uses of markdown, bbcode and even html in a Discourse based forum:

[Forum Usage] Discourse Tips and Tricks

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However, the most commonly expected skill when posting in the Manjaro forum is the ability to format code and/or command output. To that end, please find (below ) a helpful Mini-HowTo that will cover the basics:

Regards.

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The empty row between these rows of backtick characters is where to paste any multi-line command output (such as inxi).

An example of a pre-formatted text enclosure:

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[Pascal]

OK. I installed this Warehouse Flatpak. And guess what, it seems that before the Installation of the Warehouse Flatpak, he pulls down all my missed Flatpaks as dependencies or so?

   KENNUNG                                      Zweig       Op Gegenstelle Herunterladen
 1. [✓] org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default          25.08       i  flathub     141,4 MB / 142,4 MB
 2. [✓] org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default          25.08-extra i  flathub      25,6 MB / 142,4 MB
 3. [✓] org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-595-71-05 1.4         i  flathub     303,8 MB / 304,3 MB
 4. [✓] org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.nvidia        25.08       i  flathub      42,4 KB / 44,9 KB
 5. [✓] org.freedesktop.Platform.codecs-extra        25.08-extra i  flathub      14,2 MB / 14,4 MB
 6. [✓] org.gnome.Platform.Locale                    49          i  flathub      23,6 MB / 385,9 MB
 7. [✓] org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Adwaita-dark               3.22        i  flathub       4,7 KB / 1,5 KB
 8. [✓] org.gnome.Platform                           49          i  flathub     351,3 MB / 408,0 MB
 9. [✓] io.github.flattool.Warehouse                 stable      i  flathub     803,7 KB / 858,9 KB

flatpak list command now returns this:

  Name             Anwendungskennung            Version Zweig       Installation
Warehouse        io.github.flattool.Warehouse 2.2.0   stable      system
Mesa             …desktop.Platform.GL.default 26.0.5  25.08       system
Mesa (Extra)     …desktop.Platform.GL.default 26.0.5  25.08-extra system
nvidia-595-71-05 …latform.GL.nvidia-595-71-05         1.4         system
Nvidia VAAPI dr… …sktop.Platform.VAAPI.nvidia         25.08       system
Codecs Extra Ex… …sktop.Platform.codecs-extra         25.08-extra system
GNOME Applicati… org.gnome.Platform                   49          system
Adwaita dark GT… ….gtk.Gtk3theme.Adwaita-dark         3.22        system

Seems like everything is normal now. The strange Thing is, I don’t remember deleting any Flatpaks or so! I dont understand why flatpak list didnt give this output in the first place. Anyway..

Thank you all for your help.

[musdus]

@Pascal

Seems like everything is normal now.

Great that it works as expected again.