NAME

       flatpak-install - Install an application or runtime

SYNOPSIS

       flatpak install [OPTION...] [REMOTE] REF...

       flatpak install [OPTION...] [--from|--bundle] LOCATION

DESCRIPTION

       Installs an application or runtime. The primary way to install is to specify a REMOTE name as the source
       and one ore more REFs to specify the application or runtime to install. If REMOTE is omitted, the
       configured remotes are searched for the first REF and the user is asked to confirm the resulting choice.

       Each REF argument is a full or partial identifier in the flatpak ref format, which looks like
       "(app|runtime)/ID/ARCH/BRANCH". All elements except ID are optional and can be left out, including the
       slashes, so most of the time you need only specify ID. Any part left out will be matched against what is
       in the remote, and if there are multiple matches you will be prompted to choose one of them. You will
       also be prompted with choices if REF doesn't match anything in the remote exactly but is similar to one
       or more refs in the remote (e.g. "devhelp" is similar to "org.gnome.Devhelp"), but this fuzzy matching
       behavior is disabled if REF contains any slashes or periods.

       By default this looks for both apps and runtimes with the given REF in the specified REMOTE, but you can
       limit this by using the --app or --runtime option, or by supplying the initial element in the REF.

       If REMOTE is a uri or a path (absolute or relative starting with ./) to a local repository, then that
       repository will be used as the source, and a temporary remote will be created for the lifetime of the
       REF.

       If the specified REMOTE has a collection ID configured on it, Flatpak will search the sideload-repos
       directories configured either with the --sideload-repo option, or on a per-installation or system-wide
       basis (see flatpak(1)).

       The alternative form of the command (with --from or --bundle) allows to install directly from a source
       such as a .flatpak single-file bundle or a .flatpakref application description. The options are optional
       if the first argument has the expected filename extension.

       Note that flatpak allows to have multiple branches of an application and runtimes installed and used at
       the same time. However, only one version of an application can be current, meaning its exported files
       (for instance desktop files and icons) are visible to the host. The last installed version is made
       current by default, but this can manually changed with flatpak make-current.

       Unless overridden with the --user or the --installation option, this command installs the application or
       runtime in the default system-wide installation.

OPTIONS

       The following options are understood:

       -h, --help
           Show help options and exit.

       --bundle
           Treat LOCATION as a single-bundle file. This is assumed if the argument ends with .flatpak.

       --from
           Treat LOCATION as an application description file. This is assumed if the argument ends with
           .flatpakref.

       --reinstall
           Uninstall first if already installed.

       -u, --user
           Install the application or runtime in a per-user installation.

       --system
           Install the application or runtime in the default system-wide installation.

       --installation=NAME
           Install the application or runtime in a system-wide installation specified by NAME among those
           defined in /etc/flatpak/installations.d/. Using --installation=default is equivalent to using
           --system.

       --arch=ARCH
           The default architecture to install for, if not given explicitly in the REF. See flatpak
           --supported-arches for architectures supported by the host.

       --subpath=PATH
           Install only a subpath of REF. This is mainly used to install a subset of locales. This can be added
           multiple times to install multiple subpaths.

       --gpg-file=FILE
           Check bundle signatures with GPG key from FILE (- for stdin).

       --no-deploy
           Download the latest version, but don't deploy it.

       --no-pull
           Don't download the latest version, deploy whatever is locally available.

       --no-related
           Don't download related extensions, such as the locale data.

       --no-deps
           Don't verify runtime dependencies when installing.

       --or-update
           Normally install just ignores things that are already installed (printing a warning), but if
           --or-update is specified it silently turns it into an update operation instead.

       --app
           Assume that all REFs are apps if not explicitly specified.

       --runtime
           Assume that all REFs are runtimes if not explicitly specified.

       --sideload-repo=PATH
           Adds an extra local ostree repo as a source for installation. This is equivalent to using the
           sideload-repos directories (see flatpak(1)), but can be done on a per-command basis. Any path added
           here is used in addition to ones in those directories.

       --include-sdk
           For each app being installed, also installs the SDK that was used to build it. Implies --or-update;
           incompatible with --no-deps.

       --include-debug
           For each ref being installed, as well as all dependencies, also installs its debug info. Implies
           --or-update; incompatible with --no-deps.

       -y, --assumeyes
           Automatically answer yes to all questions (or pick the most prioritized answer). This is useful for
           automation.

       --noninteractive
           Produce minimal output and avoid most questions. This is suitable for use in non-interactive
           situations, e.g. in a build script.

       -v, --verbose
           Print debug information during command processing.

       --ostree-verbose
           Print OSTree debug information during command processing.

EXAMPLES

       $ flatpak install gedit

       $ flatpak install flathub org.gnome.gedit

       $ flatpak --installation=default install flathub org.gnome.gedit

       $ flatpak --user install flathub org.gnome.gedit//3.30

       $ flatpak --user install https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.gnome.gedit.flatpakref

       $ flatpak --system install org.gnome.gedit.flatpakref

SEE ALSO

       flatpak(1), flatpak-update(1), flatpak-list(1), flatpak-build-bundle(1), flatpakref(5), flatpak-make-
       current(1), ostree-find-remotes(1)

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