fp

An Easier Way to Launch Flatpaks

PURPOSE

Flatpak requires a "reverse-DNS style" naming scheme for applications.

This is due to "security concerns".

The side-effect is that launching apps is difficult to remember and tedious to type.

DETAILS

fp uses flatpak run and extended regex to search and run the matching flatpak.

Dependencies

flatpak (https://flatpak.org/setup/)

Install

$ git clone https://github.com/DLopezJr/fp
$ cd fp
$ test -x "$(command -v sudo)" && sudo make install || su -c "make install"

Uninstall

$ cd fp
$ test -x "$(command -v sudo)" && sudo make uninstall || su -c "make uninstall"

Usage

$ fp <package_name>

$ fp <package_name> <$@>

Example

$ fp vlc

$ fp vlc --help 

Comments

• The Flatpak naming scheme allows case-insenstive names. This has caused some complexity.
  • Currently only lower case stdin is functional.

TODO:

• Packaging for repos
• Manpage or Help flag
• Error Handling