Search for flatpak Software in Pamac 10.7.0 is seriously flawed

When searching for some specific Flatpak Software I might get no result when entering the full name of the software, while a result shows up when entering the first 3 or 4 characters only.
Two examples for illustration:
a) Search for Celeste: no result, with Cel it can be found (but not with Cele).
b) Search for Buffer: no result, with Buf or Buff it shows up.
Some other software shows the same behaviour, while with most of the other software search gives results as expected.

Search and installation from terminal working without a problem.

Sys Info
System:
  Kernel: 6.12.21-4-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
    root=UUID=bb21cae3-13e8-4984-871f-d07348aaf819 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet splash resume=UUID=32378780-270d-4398-8b44-eacf21f79e58
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.12.0
    wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP EliteBook 8460p v: A0001D02
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 161C v: KBC Version 97.4D
    serial: <superuser required> part-nu: J3370162 uuid: <superuser required>
    BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: 68SCF Ver. F.42 date: 07/15/2013
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 42.5 Wh (96.6%) condition: 44.0/44.0 Wh (100.0%)
    volts: 12.6 min: 10.8 model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion
    serial: <filter> status: charging
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 4 GiB available: 3.73 GiB used: 2.31 GiB (62.0%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 8 GiB slots: 2 modules: 1 EC: None
    max-module-size: 4 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: Bottom-Slot 1(top) type: no module installed
  Device-2: Bottom-Slot 2(under) type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 4 GiB
    speed: 1333 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: Hynix/Hyundai part-no: HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-2520M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Sandy Bridge
    gen: core 2 level: v2 built: 2010-12 process: Intel 32nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 0x2F
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 2 cores: 2 threads: 4 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB
    desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/3200 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
    governor: schedutil cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 bogomips: 19962
  Flags: acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx bts clflush cmov
    constant_tsc cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb est flush_l1d
    fpu fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor msr
    mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pln pni
    popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdtscp rep_good sep smx ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1
    sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tsc tsc_deadline_timer vme x2apic xsave
    xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW;
    STIBP: conditional; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not
    affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-6 code: Sandybridge
    process: Intel 32nm built: 2011 ports: active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2,
    DP-3, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3, VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:0126 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Chicony Integrated HP HD Webcam driver: uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 4-1.4:3
    chip-ID: 04f2:b230 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
    dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1600x900 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 423x238mm (16.65x9.37")
    s-diag: 485mm (19.11") monitors: <missing: xrandr>
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: AU Optronics 0x223e built: 2010 res: 1600x900
    dpi: 132 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.612 y: 0.349 green: x: 0.322 y: 0.561
    blue: x: 0.149 y: 0.129 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
    size: 309x174mm (12.17x6.85") diag: 355mm (14") ratio: 16:9
    modes: 1600x900
  EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unknown flag 2
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus platforms: device: 0 drv: crocus
    device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: crocus surfaceless: drv: crocus x11:
    drv: crocus inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 3.3 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.3-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 3000 (SNB
    GT2) device-ID: 8086:0126 memory: 1.46 GiB unified: yes
  API: Vulkan Message: No Vulkan data available.
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo,xprop
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
    chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.21-4-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.1 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: e1000e v: kernel port: 4060 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] driver: iwlwifi
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 24:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:0085 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 74.53 GiB used: 15.36 GiB (20.6%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST980411AS
    size: 74.53 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: HP14 scheme: MBR
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: hp model: DVD A DS8A5LH rev: 1H68
    dev-links: cdrom
  Features: speed: 8 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
    rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 66.32 GiB size: 66.32 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 13.43 GiB (20.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
    uuid: bb21cae3-13e8-4984-871f-d07348aaf819
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 66.32 GiB size: 66.32 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 13.43 GiB (20.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
    uuid: bb21cae3-13e8-4984-871f-d07348aaf819
  ID-3: /home/<filter>/pCloudDrive raw-size: N/A size: 11 GiB
    used: 1.54 GiB (14.0%) fs: fuse source: ERR-102
  ID-4: /var/cache raw-size: 66.32 GiB size: 66.32 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 13.43 GiB (20.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
    uuid: bb21cae3-13e8-4984-871f-d07348aaf819
  ID-5: /var/log raw-size: 66.32 GiB size: 66.32 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 13.43 GiB (20.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
    uuid: bb21cae3-13e8-4984-871f-d07348aaf819
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.2 GiB used: 398 MiB (4.7%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: swap
    uuid: 32378780-270d-4398-8b44-eacf21f79e58
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 8087:0024
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 4-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 8087:0024
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 4-1.4:3 info: Chicony Integrated HP HD Webcam type: video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 04f2:b230 class-ID: 0e02
    serial: <filter>
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: 1263 pm: pacman pkgs: 1245 libs: 354 tools: pamac pm: flatpak
    pkgs: 18
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.conf
    1: https://mega.nz/linux/repo/Arch_Extra/$arch
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://mirror.init7.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 231
  1: cpu: 100% command: ps pid: 10152 mem: 3.82 MiB (0.1%)
  2: cpu: 12.4% command: brave pid: 9617 mem: 293.5 MiB (7.6%)
  3: cpu: 5.3% command: brave pid: 8537 mem: 181.8 MiB (4.7%)
  4: cpu: 4.6% command: konsole pid: 10083 mem: 228.6 MiB (5.9%)
  5: cpu: 3.8% command: zsh pid: 10098 mem: 9.84 MiB (0.2%)
  Memory top: 5 of 231
  1: mem: 580.9 MiB (15.2%) command: soffice.bin pid: 8372 cpu: 0.7%
  2: mem: 433.4 MiB (11.3%) command: plasmashell pid: 728 cpu: 1.1%
  3: mem: 426.5 MiB (11.1%) command: pamac-manager pid: 9579 cpu: 0.7%
  4: mem: 308.0 MiB (8.0%) command: brave pid: 8474 cpu: 3.5%
  5: mem: 293.5 MiB (7.6%) command: brave pid: 9617 cpu: 12.4%
Info:
  Processes: 231 Power: uptime: 3h 45m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 1.48 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Compilers: N/A Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.2.37
    running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.38 
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Hint: Formatting will look better if you change:

    running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.38 [/code]

to:

    running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.38 
[/code]

:wink:

EDIT: Thanks for editing, now I can read it! :grin:

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As far as the subject matter, I believe there is a similar report either somewhere here on the forum and/or upstream on GitHub. I can’t find it right now.

Yes, we discussed this maybe last month - pamac GUI has some issues…

Last year I evangelised that pamac GUI was great because it enabled us to search everywhere…

This year we had THIS thread… Discover and the built in package manager - #4 by Ben

TL;DR

  • Flatpak - search plexHTPC works… but this wouldn’t work either with pamac or yay AUR searches.
  • Pamac - search plexHTPC fails, search HTPC works and as we would prefer, brings up both AUR and flatpak results (so now I switched back to AUR) as well as any matching Repos…

So yes, to search flatpak right now, command line works best - and Pamac GUI sucks :wink: so perhaps websearch remains the best solution.

Then the question remains:

Will there be an improvement in this situation, that we can comfortably search pamac GUI and get all relevant results across all enabled plugins?

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