Unable to open flatpakref in Pamac

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I visited this flatpak and clicked Install:

This downloads a .flatpakref file. When I open the file (f.e. double click the file in Gnome Files) the Pamac GUI opens, but then nothing happens.

I am, however, able to install the Tidal flatpak using the CLI just fine:

flatpak install flathub com.mastermindzh.tidal-hifi

What information should I provide to help debug?

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There is nothing to debug.

Anyone can package an application in flatpak format and provide it for download at an arbitrary location.

A .flatpakref file is reference file pointing the the location of the flatpak.

I strongly advise anyone downloading a flatpakref; only download from a trusted source; evaluate the origin; evaluate the content; make an informed decision about trust before installing the application.

flatpak install <package-name>.flatpakref

EDIT

Added information the flatpakref file format

→ Repositories - Flatpak documentation

If you believe there is an error with the Add / Remove Software application you can create an issue at

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And inspect it with a texteditor.

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GitHub - Mastermindzh/tidal-hifi: The web version of Tidal running in electron with hifi support thanks to widevine.

Arch Linux users can use the AUR to install TIDAL Hi-Fi

AUR (en) - Packages - tidal-hifi

Name Version Last Updated
tidal-hifi-bin 5.19.0-1 2025-04-22 13:19 (UTC)
tidal-hifi 5.19.0-2 2025-05-07 15:09 (UTC)
tidal-hifi-appimage 5.19.0-1 2025-04-22 13:28 (UTC)
tidal-hifi-git 5.19.0.r0.g79bbab6-1 2025-04-22 11:53 (UTC)
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Thanks. I get it, verify installed software as usual. (I did.)

I’m pointing out that I was unable to install using Add / Remove Software, so I thought to be a bug.

Made an issue to describe the expected behavior:

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Noooooo thanks. I want stability. AUR is very often not in sync with main repos, so for unofficial packages I’d much rather use flatpak. (I know it may take more disk space but I have plenty).

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It is Manjaro Stable that is behind, that cause a lot of issue with AUR unless you know some things about packaging

That is downloaded from flathub

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Yep, exactly. Also, even on main Arch Linux sometimes the AUR package maintainers don’t always keep immediately up to date with the base dependencies, and things still break.

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wget https://github.com/Mastermindzh/tidal-hifi/releases/download/5.19.0/tidal-hifi-5.19.0.AppImage

chmod +x tidal-hifi-5.19.0.AppImage

./tidal-hifi-5.19..0.AppImage
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