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I am using Pop!_OS 21.10. By default, the Pop!_Shop installs flatpak on user mode, which is annoying because I have multiple users on the system.

I have now added the Flathub repo system-wide, so now I have both sources:

$ flatpak remotes --columns=name,title,url,options
Name    Title   URL                          Options
flathub Flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/ system
flathub Flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/ user

And to avoid future user installations I want to remove the user remote. However, for that I also have to uninstall all the apps installed there:

$ flatpak remote-delete flathub
Remote ‘flathub’ found in multiple installations:

    

  1. system
    2. 

  2. user
    3. 



Which do you want to use (0 to abort)? [0-2]: 2
The following refs are installed from remote 'flathub':


    

  1. runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/21.08
    2. 

  2. runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.Locale/x86_64/20.08
    3. 

  3. runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-470-57-02/x86_64/1.4
    4. 

  4. runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/20.08
    5. 

  5. runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-470-63-01/x86_64/1.4
    6. 

  6. runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/21.08
    7. 

  7. runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-470-82-00/x86_64/1.4
    8. 

  8. runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/20.08
    9. 

  9. runtime/org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Pop-dark/x86_64/3.22
    10. 

  10. runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-465-31/x86_64/1.4
    11. 

  11. app/com.skype.Client/x86_64/stable
    12. 

  12. runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel/x86_64/21.08
    13. 

  13. runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.Locale/x86_64/21.08
    14. 

  14. runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.openh264/x86_64/2.0
    15. 

  15. runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia-470-86/x86_64/1.4
    16. 

  16. runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel/x86_64/20.08
    17. 



Remove them? [y/n]:

This is scary because I am not sure which of these packages are installed manually and which were installed as dependencies. The fact that drivers are included also makes me uneasy.

Is there a way to easily migrate, move or reinstall these packages from the user to system remotes? Even better if it keeps the difference between dependencies and manually installed packages, or avoids re-downloading the data.

PS: I am asking this more to find a generic solution than to solve my specific problem, as I couldn't find one online. For my specific issue I installed Chromium system wide and, by what appears to be chance, the last version of all the drivers were also installed. The remaining packages were not related to drivers and thus I felt comfortable to install them manually.

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Finding more information

man

man flatpak -> man flatpak-list, or flatpak-install (oddly, no flatpak-remove

help

  • $ flatpak -h
  • $ flatpak remove -h
  • $ flatpak install -h
  • $ flatpak remote -h [remotes|remote ls|remote add|remote info]

List

You can list what's installed under user and system:

  • $ flatpak list --user
  • $ flatpak list --system

You can install them using the --system flag to specify target, as system or user-level.

Install

For each package in the user packages list:

  • $ flatpak install --system [--no-pull] [pkg from user list]

From man flatpak-install, it appears the --no-pull flag will use the version locally available.

  • $ flatpak remove --user [pkg]
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