Re: Octave flatpak not lauching - Linux Mint 19.2

[Kai Torben Ohlhus]

On 10/31/19 11:11 AM, Eduardo Mapurunga wrote:
>
>> Just a few questions from my side (I run that Flatpak on openSUSE 15.1,
>> too):
>>
>> 1. Does this happen for other flatpaks as well?
>
> No, I have okular, zotero, and inkscape as flatpaks too. They are running
> perfectly. Apparently, this is the only flatpak that does not launch
at all.
>
>> 2. What is the output for "flatpak list"?
>
> $ flatpak list
> Ref                                                Options
> com.elsevier.MendeleyDesktop/x86_64/stable         system,current
> org.gimp.GIMP/x86_64/stable                        system,current
> org.inkscape.Inkscape/x86_64/stable                system,current
> org.kde.okular/x86_64/stable                       system,current
> org.octave.Octave/x86_64/stable                    system,current
> org.signal.Signal/x86_64/stable                    system,current
> org.zotero.Zotero/x86_64/stable                    system,current
> org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/19.08   system,runtime
> org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel/x86_64/18.08  system,runtime
> org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel/x86_64/19.08  system,runtime
> org.freedesktop.Platform.html5-codecs/x86_64/18.08 system,runtime
> org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/18.08              system,runtime
> org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/19.08              system,runtime
> org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/3.32                     system,runtime
> org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/3.34                     system,runtime
> org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Mint-Y-Dark-Aqua/x86_64/3.22     system,runtime
> org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Mint-Y/x86_64/3.22               system,runtime
> org.kde.Platform/x86_64/5.12                       system,runtime
> org.kde.Platform/x86_64/5.13                       system,runtime
> org.kde.Sdk/x86_64/5.12                            system,runtime
> org.kde.kigo.Locale/x86_64/stable                  system,runtime
>
>> 3. Did you try to remove and reinstall that flatpak?
>>   "flatpak remove org.octave.Octave"
>
> Yes, I did. But I will give a try another time to see if this work. I've
> tried installing and uninstalling twice. One shot directly from the
software
> manager and the other from terminal.
>
>> 4. Did you observe any abnormalities during the installation process?
>
> The terminal output for : $flatpak install flathub org.octave.Octave
>
> Installing in system:
> org.octave.Octave/x86_64/stable flathub 246709717fa2
>   permissions: ipc, network, pulseaudio, wayland, x11, dri
>   file access: host, xdg-config/kdeglobals:ro, xdg-run/dconf,
> ~/.config/dconf:ro
>   dbus access: com.canonical.AppMenu.Registrar, org.freedesktop.Flatpak
> Is this ok [y/n]: y
> Installing: org.octave.Octave/x86_64/stable from flathub
> [####################] 439 metadata, 5723 content objects fetched; 126114
> KiB tr
> Now at 246709717fa2.
>
>> 5. What is your "flatpak --version"?
>
> Flatpak 1.0.8
>
Thank you for your detailed answer.  I have a sneaking suspicion.  In
your previous mail you listed the error:

Eduardo Mapurunga wrote:
>> When I run with sudo
>>
>> $ sudo flatpak run org.octave.Ocatve
>>
>> error: app/org.octave.Ocatve/x86_64/master not installed

But you are installing:

>> org.octave.Octave/x86_64/stable from flathub

Maybe try "flatpak run --branch=stable org.octave.Octave"?

Otherwise, I also read about silent errors that make you seem to have
installed all correctly, but actually it is not:

  https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/2839

That issue involves installing using the "--noninteractive" flag, which
does not seem to be used by you.

Kai