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With Kiwix Desktop 2.0, we | With Kiwix Desktop 2.0, we provide a '''Flatpak''' package. Flatpak is a software utility for software deployment, package management, and application virtualization for GNU/Linux desktop computers. It provides a sandbox environment in which users can run applications in isolation from the rest of the system. Kiwix Desktop Flatpak package will run on all X86 64 bits GNU/Linux systems supporting Flatpak. | ||
Kiwix Desktop 2.0 flatpak package is distributed on [https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.kiwix.desktop Flathub], the online repository of Flatpak packages. | |||
== Flathub == | |||
To install Kiwix from Flathub, you need first to install Flathub. If this is not already packaged in your GNU/Linux distribution you can follow [https://flatpak.org/setup/ these instructions]. Then, one time Flathub is install, follow the instruction at the bottom of [https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.kiwix.desktop this page]. | |||
== Manual installation == | |||
To install the flatpak package manually On Debian/Ubuntu system (but the procedure should be similar on an other GNU/Linux distribution): | |||
<source land="bash"> | <source land="bash"> | ||
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# Download the Kiwix Desktop Flatpak | # Download the Kiwix Desktop Flatpak | ||
$ wget https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-desktop/org.kiwix. | $ wget https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-desktop/org.kiwix.desktop.2.0-beta2.flatpak | ||
# Install Kiwix Desktop | # Install Kiwix Desktop | ||
$ flatpak install org.kiwix. | $ flatpak install org.kiwix.desktop.2.0-beta2.flatpak | ||
# Run Kiwix Desktop (but Kiwix should be available through your app launcher anyway) | # Run Kiwix Desktop (but Kiwix should be available through your app launcher anyway) | ||
$ flatpak run org.kiwix. | $ flatpak run org.kiwix.desktop | ||
</source> | </source> | ||