I have a Python-package that calls Inkscape as part of a conversion process. I have it installed, but through Flatpak. This means that calling inkscape does not work in the terminal, but rather flatpak run org.inkscape.Inkscape. I need the package to be able to call it as inkscape.
What is the best way to go about this?
Flatpak already creates executable wrappers for all applications as part of regular installs, though they’re by default named as the full package name.
For when inkscape has been installed into the system-wide Flatpak installation, you could simply symlink it like;
ln -s /var/lib/flatpak/exports/bin/org.inkscape.Inkscape /usr/local/bin/inkscapeFor the user-local installation, the exported runnable is in
~/.local/share/flatpak/exports/bininstead.
I handle it more like
ln -s /var/lib/flatpak/exports/bin/org.inkscape.Inkscape ~/.local/bin/inkscape.local/bin is a directory that you may have to make, but your shell’s startup scripts should automatically add it to the PATH after that.
I personally use
~/.binfor my own symlinks, though I also use the user-specific installation instead of the system-wide one.
I wouldn’t guarantee that any automation handles~/.local/binor~/.bineither, that would depend entirely on the distribution. In my case I’ve added both to PATH manually.
Put a shell script in your PATH named inkscape with the following content:
#!/bin/sh flatpak run org.inkscape.InkscapeNote that you can use a local folder in your home directory to house small executables and scripts like this, so you don’t have to touch your system config. I generally recommend using something like
~/.local/binand add it to your PATH via your Shell’s RC file.How does this deal with any flags passed?
If you need to pass flags you can use
flatpak run org.inkscape.Inkscape "$@"To forward all of the arguments to the script. Note that this might be a bashism, so you might need to change your hash bang to /bin/bash as well. Double check though.
(An easy way to check if something is working as you assume is just prepend the line with echo.)
This is not a bashism. It’ll work fine with any sh.
Thanks, I wasn’t sure it worked in sh. I’ve been surprised a lot before by seemingly simple stuff like this.
- SSUPII ( @SSUPII@sopuli.xyz ) 1•1 year ago
Or instead just make it an alias in your .bashrc
Two utilities that may be handy for you here:
Pakrat: Automates and simplifies the process of creating alliases for flatpaks, good if you just need to make a few programs be simplified
Fuzzpak: Lets you do fuzzy searches for flatpaks(as in you just write fuzzpak inkscape and it auto looks for something with inkscape in the flatpak folder and launches it), good for when you want to simplify launching flatpaks in general without doing the process of configuring stuff manually
You can do an alias for the shell you use or make a symlink to /usr/local/bin/ for the entire system.
There are importany reasons why this is not the default, but you can do it as long as you are away you have done it. Like when programs installed via package manager and flatpak starts conflicting, you’ll know why.
Use this https://github.com/DLopezJr/fp