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To run flatpak installed apps from dmenu.
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To run a flatpak app from dmenu, you can create a symlink for the app in /usr/bin. You can find the flatpak apps binary link in /var/lib/flatpak/exports/bin/ on ubuntu. E.g. to run Rocket Chat (installed from flatpak via software center), you can do something like this:

sudo ln -s /var/lib/flatpak/exports/bin/chat.rocket.RocketChat /usr/bin/rocket-chat

This way you will be able to find it in the dmenu.

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jsacob commented Jul 8, 2025

Love this, thanks.

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