flatpak-run(1)

NAME

   flatpak-run - Run an application

SYNOPSIS

   flatpak run [OPTION...] APP [ARG...]

DESCRIPTION

   Runs an application in a sandboxed environment.  APP must name an
   installed application. Extra arguments are passed on to the
   application.

   flatpak creates a sandboxed environment for the application to run in
   by mounting the right runtime at /usr and a writable directory at /var,
   whose content is preserved between application runs. The application
   itself is mounted at /app.

   The details of the sandboxed environment are controlled by the
   application metadata and various options like --share and --socket that
   are passed to the run command: Access is allowed if it was requested
   either in the application metadata file or with an option and the user
   hasn't overridden it.

OPTIONS

   The following options are understood:

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

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

   --version
       Print version information and exit.

   --arch=ARCH
       The architecture to install for.

   --command=COMMAND
       The command to run instead of the one listed in the application
       metadata.

   --branch=BRANCH
       The branch to use.

   -d, --devel
       Use the devel runtime that is specified in the application metadata
       instead of the regular runtime, and use a seccomp profile that is
       less likely to break development tools.

   --runtime=RUNTIME
       Use this runtime instead of the one that is specified in the
       application metadata. This is a full tuple, like for example
       org.freedesktop.Sdk/x86_64/1.2, but partial tuples are allowed. Any
       empty or missing parts are filled in with the corresponding values
       specified by the app.

   --runtime-version=VERSION
       Use this version of the runtime instead of the one that is
       specified in the application metadata. This overrides any version
       specified with the --runtime option.

   --share=SUBSYSTEM
       Share a subsystem with the host session. This overrides the Context
       section from the application metadata. SUBSYSTEM must be one of:
       network, ipc. This option can be used multiple times.

   --unshare=SUBSYSTEM
       Don't share a subsystem with the host session. This overrides the
       Context section from the application metadata. SUBSYSTEM must be
       one of: network, ipc. This option can be used multiple times.

   --socket=SOCKET
       Expose a well known socket to the application. This overrides to
       the Context section from the application metadata. SOCKET must be
       one of: x11, wayland, pulseaudio, system-bus, session-bus. This
       option can be used multiple times.

   --nosocket=SOCKET
       Don't expose a well known socket to the application. This overrides
       to the Context section from the application metadata. SOCKET must
       be one of: x11, wayland, pulseaudio, system-bus, session-bus. This
       option can be used multiple times.

   --device=DEVICE
       Expose a device to the application. This overrides to the Context
       section from the application metadata. DEVICE must be one of: dri,
       kvm, all. This option can be used multiple times.

   --nodevice=DEVICE
       Don't expose a device to the application. This overrides to the
       Context section from the application metadata. DEVICE must be one
       of: dri, kvm, all. This option can be used multiple times.

   --allow=FEATURE
       Allow access to a specific feature. This overrides to the Context
       section from the application metadata. FEATURE must be one of:
       devel, multiarch. This option can be used multiple times.

   --disallow=FEATURE
       Disallow access to a specific feature. This overrides to the
       Context section from the application metadata. FEATURE must be one
       of: devel, multiarch. This option can be used multiple times.

   --filesystem=FS
       Allow the application access to a subset of the filesystem. This
       overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. FS
       can be one of: home, host, xdg-desktop, xdg-documents, xdg-download
       xdg-music, xdg-pictures, xdg-public-share, xdg-templates,
       xdg-videos, xdg-run, xdg-config, xdg-cache, xdg-data, an absolute
       path, or a homedir-relative path like ~/dir or paths relative to
       the xdg dirs, like xdg-download/subdir. The optional :ro suffix
       indicates that the location will be read-only. The optional :create
       suffix indicates that the location will be read-write and created
       if it doesn't exist. This option can be used multiple times.

   --env=VAR=VALUE
       Set an environment variable in the application. This overrides to
       the Context section from the application metadata. This option can
       be used multiple times.

   --own-name=NAME
       Allow the application to own the well known name NAME on the
       session bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the application to own
       all matching names. This overrides to the Context section from the
       application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.

   --talk-name=NAME
       Allow the application to talk to the well known name NAME on the
       session bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the application to
       talk to all matching names. This overrides to the Context section
       from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple
       times.

   --system-own-name=NAME
       Allow the application to own the well known name NAME on the system
       bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the application to own all
       matching names. This overrides to the Context section from the
       application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.

   --system-talk-name=NAME
       Allow the application to talk to the well known name NAME on the
       system bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the application to talk
       to all matching names. This overrides to the Context section from
       the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.

   --persist=FILENAME
       If the application doesn't have access to the real homedir, make
       the (homedir-relative) path FILENAME a bind mount to the
       corresponding path in the per-application directory, allowing that
       location to be used for persistent data. This overrides to the
       Context section from the application metadata. This option can be
       used multiple times.

   --log-session-bus
       Log session bus traffic. This can be useful to see what access you
       need to allow in your D-Bus policy.

   --log-system-bus
       Log system bus traffic. This can be useful to see what access you
       need to allow in your D-Bus policy.

EXAMPLES

   $ flatpak run org.gnome.GEdit

   $ flatpak run --devel --command=bash org.gnome.Builder

SEE ALSO

   flatpak(1), flatpak-override(1), flatpak-enter(1)

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