Unable to use flatpak in Libertine container

[hlbkv]

I've installed flatpak in a Libertine container, but I'm having trouble setting up the Flathub repository (following the official instructions on a libertine fakeroot shell):

$ flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
$ flatpak update --apstream
No such ref 'appstream2/aarch64' in remote flathub
No such ref 'appstream/aarch64' in remote flathub

And any call to flatpak install flathub <package> returns

error: No remote refs found similar to '<package>'

Is there something specific to the Libertine container that needs to be configured in UT, or am I missing something?

[arubislander]

@hlbkv Do you know if flathub even hosts arn64 binaries of the flatpaks?

Besides that, I think flatpak would need running services to function, and these are not able to be installed in a libertine container.

Up to now, no one has reported succes ingetring flatpaks working in a libertine container.

[hlbkv]

@arubislander yeah, the couple of apps I was trying to install did provide arm64 binaries.

Note that installing gnome-software works well, and AFAIK it uses flatpak to manage its applications. Apps on the Gnome repos usually don't work all that well, but it's perfectly capable to update the and install applications without any issue.

[arubislander]

@hlbkv gnome software can handle debs and flatpaks (and on Ubuntu also snaps I think). The app itself is a deb, so it is not surprising that it can be installed. The apps that end up being able to be installed with it are probably also debs.