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    wth, that was really annoying (lemmy.ml)
    submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    Background-Story: I did a "flatpak update" on a remote client and every package wants the PW for downloading and for installing again. I had to enter the password like 30 times or more.

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    [–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    next time you can use su or sudo

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    That installs and or updates roots flatpaks

    [–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

    Only with --user (I think)? Root can also update the "system installation" flatpaks, which are presumably what OP needed a password for.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

    Ah, I've never tried

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

    Which is what flatpak will always do unless provided with the --user flag.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

    That installs and or updates roots flatpaks

    Which is what flatpak will always do unless provided with the --user flag.

    By default it operates in system-wide mode, which is different from "root's".

    flatpak list and sudo flatpak list will both show you what is installed system wide, and flatpak list --user will show you your user's, and sudo flatpak list --user will show you the root user's flatpaks installed in per-user mode (of which there are typically none).