Flatpak 0.6.14 Linux Application Sandboxing and Distribution Framework Out Now

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  • Post Updated: April 3, 2024

A little over a month after the major Flatpak 0.6.13 release, Alex Larsson informs us today, November 29, 2016, about the general availability of a new maintenance update to the universal binary package format for Linux-based operating systems.

Flatpak 0.6.14 is now the latest and most advanced version of the universal Linux app container that aims to become the future of application distribution across all major GNU/Linux platforms. Bundled with bubblewrap 0.1.4, the new Flatpak release requires OSTree 2016.14, which makes some old workarounds unnecessary.

Another interesting change implemented in today’s Flatpak 0.6.14 release is the ability to ignore dependencies installed only for the user when installing a Flatpak package system-wide. Additionally, Flatpak’s “install –from” command was updated to re-use existing remotes, w… (read more)

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