Flatpak-only setup? #288

teohhanhui · 2021-06-08T13:51:03Z

teohhanhui
Jun 8, 2021

Background

I'm using openSUSE MicroOS, which has an immutable root filesystem. All packages installed / updated to the base system require a system restart. Therefore, it'd be ideal to be able to install fcitx entirely through flatpak only.

Steps to reproduce

I've followed the instructions at https://fcitx-im.org/wiki/Install_Fcitx_5#Install_Fcitx_5_from_Flatpak

So I've installed org.fcitx.Fcitx5 and org.fcitx.Fcitx5.Addon.ChineseAddons flatpak packages from flathub.
I've copied /etc/xdg/autostart/fcitx-autostart.desktop from within the org.fcitx.Fcitx5 flatpak package, to ~/.config/autostart/fcitx-autostart.desktop on the host.

And I've modified the ~/.config/autostart/fcitx-autostart.desktop file as follows:
```
Exec=flatpak run --command=fcitx-autostart org.fcitx.Fcitx5
Icon=org.fcitx.Fcitx5
```
I've created the ~/.config/environment.d/envvars.conf file as follows:
```
GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx
QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx
XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitx
```
Reboot.

Problem / questions

So far so good.

flatpak run --command=fcitx-diagnose org.fcitx.Fcitx5 output:

# System Info:
1.  `uname -a`:

        Linux envy-x360 5.12.9-1-default fcitx/flatpak-fcitx5#1 SMP Thu Jun 3 07:44:58 UTC 2021 (f17eb01) x86_64 GNU/Linux

2.  `lsb_release`:

    `lsb_release` not found.

3.  `/etc/lsb-release`:

    `/etc/lsb-release` not found.

4.  `/etc/os-release`:

        NAME="KDE Flatpak runtime"
        VERSION="5.15"
        VERSION_ID="5.15"
        ID=org.kde.Platform
        PRETTY_NAME="KDE Flatpak runtime"
        BUG_REPORT_URL=https://bugs.kde.org/

5.  Desktop Environment:

    Desktop environment is `gnome3`.

6.  Bash Version:

        BASH_VERSION='5.1.4(1)-release'

# Environment:
1.  DISPLAY:

        DISPLAY=':99.0'

2.  Keyboard Layout:

    1.  `setxkbmap`:

        `setxkbmap` not found.

    2.  `xprop`:

        `xprop` not found.

3.  Locale:

    1.  All locale:

            C
            C.utf8
            en_AG
            en_AU
            en_AU.utf8
            en_BW
            en_BW.utf8
            en_CA
            en_CA.utf8
            en_DK
            en_DK.utf8
            en_GB
            en_GB.utf8
            en_HK
            en_HK.utf8
            en_IE
            en_IE@euro
            en_IE.utf8
            en_IL
            en_IN
            en_NG
            en_NZ
            en_NZ.utf8
            en_PH
            en_PH.utf8
            en_SC.utf8
            en_SG
            en_SG.utf8
            en_US
            en_US.utf8
            en_ZA
            en_ZA.utf8
            en_ZM
            en_ZW
            en_ZW.utf8
            POSIX

    2.  Current locale:

            LANG=en_US.UTF-8
            LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
            LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
            LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
            LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
            LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
            LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
            LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
            LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
            LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
            LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
            LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
            LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
            LC_ALL=

4.  Directories:

    1.  Home:

            /home/teohhanhui

    2.  `${XDG_CONFIG_HOME}`:

        Environment variable `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is set to `/home/teohhanhui/.var/app/org.fcitx.Fcitx5/config`.

        Current value of `XDG_CONFIG_HOME` is `~/.var/app/org.fcitx.Fcitx5/config` (`/home/teohhanhui/.var/app/org.fcitx.Fcitx5/config`).

    3.  Fcitx Settings Directory:

        Current fcitx settings directory is `~/.var/app/org.fcitx.Fcitx5/config/fcitx` (`/home/teohhanhui/.var/app/org.fcitx.Fcitx5/config/fcitx`).

5.  Current user:

    The script is run as teohhanhui (1000).

# Fcitx State:
1.  executable:

    Found fcitx at `/usr/bin/fcitx`.

2.  version:

    Fcitx version: `4.2.9.7`

3.  process:

    **Fcitx is not running.**
    **Please check the Configure link of your distribution in [Beginner's Guide](http://fcitx-im.org/wiki/Beginner%27s_Guide) for how to setup fcitx autostart.**

# Fcitx Configure UI:
1.  Config Tool Wrapper:

    Found fcitx-configtool at `/usr/bin/fcitx-configtool`.

2.  Config GUI for gtk2:

    **Config GUI for gtk2 not found.**

3.  Config GUI for gtk3:

    **Config GUI for gtk3 not found.**

4.  Config GUI for kde:

    **`kcmshell4` not found.**

    **Cannot find a GUI config tool, please install one of `kcm-fcitx`, `fcitx-config-gtk2`, or `fcitx-config-gtk3`.**

# Frontends setup:
## Xim:
1.  `${XMODIFIERS}`:

    Environment variable XMODIFIERS is set to "@im=fcitx" correctly.
    Xim Server Name from Environment variable is fcitx.

2.  XIM_SERVERS on root window:

    **`xprop` not found.**

## Qt:
1.  qt4 - `${QT4_IM_MODULE}`:

    Environment variable QT_IM_MODULE is set to "fcitx" correctly.

2.  qt5 - `${QT_IM_MODULE}`:

    Environment variable QT_IM_MODULE is set to "fcitx" correctly.

3.  Qt IM module files:

    Found unknown fcitx qt module: `/app/lib/fcitx5/qt5/libfcitx-quickphrase-editor5.so`.
    **Cannot find fcitx input method module for Qt4.**
    **Cannot find fcitx input method module for Qt5.**

## Gtk:
1.  gtk - `${GTK_IM_MODULE}`:

    Environment variable GTK_IM_MODULE is set to "fcitx" correctly.

2.  `gtk-query-immodules`:

    1.  gtk 2:

        **Cannot find `gtk-query-immodules` for gtk 2**

        **Cannot find fcitx im module for gtk 2.**

    2.  gtk 3:

        Found `gtk-query-immodules` for gtk `3.24.21` at `/usr/bin/gtk-query-immodules-3.0`.
        Version Line:

            # Created by /usr/bin/gtk-query-immodules-3.0 from gtk+-3.24.21

        Found fcitx im modules for gtk `3.24.21`.

            "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules/im-fcitx.so" 
            "fcitx" "Fcitx (Flexible Input Method Framework)" "fcitx" "/usr/share/locale" "ja:ko:zh:*" 

3.  Gtk IM module cache:

    1.  gtk 2:

        **Cannot find immodules cache for gtk 2**

        **Cannot find fcitx im module for gtk 2 in cache.**

    2.  gtk 3:

        Found immodules cache for gtk `3.24.21` at `/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules.cache`.
        Version Line:

            # Created by gtk-query-immodules-3.0 from gtk+-3.24.21

        Found fcitx im modules for gtk `3.24.21`.

            "/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/immodules/im-fcitx.so" 
            "fcitx" "Fcitx (Flexible Input Method Framework)" "fcitx" "/usr/share/locale" "ja:ko:zh:*" 

4.  Gtk IM module files:

    1.  gtk 2:

        All found Gtk 2 immodule files exist.

    2.  gtk 3:

        All found Gtk 3 immodule files exist.

# Configuration:
## Fcitx Addons:
1.  Addon Config Dir:

    Found fcitx addon config directory: `/usr/share/fcitx/addon`.

2.  Addon List:

    1.  Found 16 enabled addons:

            fcitx-autoeng
            fcitx-chttrans
            fcitx-clipboard
            fcitx-dbus
            fcitx-freedesktop-notify
            fcitx-fullwidth-char
            fcitx-imselector
            fcitx-ipc
            fcitx-ipcportal
            fcitx-keyboard
            fcitx-kimpanel-ui
            fcitx-notificationitem
            fcitx-punc
            fcitx-quickphrase
            fcitx-remote
            fcitx-unicode

    2.  Found 1 disabled addons:

            fcitx-qw

3.  Addon Libraries:

    All libraries for all addons are found.

4.  User Interface:

    Found 1 enabled user interface addons:

        fcitx-kimpanel-ui

    **Cannot find kimpanel dbus interface or enabled non-kimpanel user interface.**

## Input Methods:
1.  Found 1 enabled input methods:

        fcitx-keyboard-us

2.  Default input methods:

    You only have one keyboard input method enabled. You may want to add another input method to input other languages.

# Log:
1.  `date`:

        Tue 08 Jun 2021 09:10:40 PM +08

2.  `~/.var/app/org.fcitx.Fcitx5/config/fcitx/log/`:

        total 0

3.  `~/.var/app/org.fcitx.Fcitx5/config/fcitx/log/crash.log`:

    `~/.var/app/org.fcitx.Fcitx5/config/fcitx/log/crash.log` not found.

It doesn't use ~/.config/fcitx and ~/.config/fcitx5 for some reason. Passing --env=XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$HOME/.config doesn't seem to do anything, maybe due to flathub/io.neovim.nvim#2 (comment)

And it's not able to detect the running fcitx process, but the process seems to be running just fine.

sudo journalctl -b | grep -i fcitx output:

Jun 08 20:45:33 envy-x360 dbus-daemon[2016]: [session uid=1000 pid=2016] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.Flatpak' unit='flatpak-session-helper.service' requested by ':1.53' (uid=1000 pid=2332 comm="flatpak run --command=fcitx-autostart org.fcitx.Fc")
Jun 08 20:45:34 envy-x360 dbus-daemon[2016]: [session uid=1000 pid=2016] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.portal.Documents' unit='xdg-document-portal.service' requested by ':1.53' (uid=1000 pid=2332 comm="flatpak run --command=fcitx-autostart org.fcitx.Fc")
Jun 08 20:45:34 envy-x360 systemd[1998]: Started app-flatpak-org.fcitx.Fcitx5-2332.scope.
Jun 08 20:45:34 envy-x360 systemd[1998]: app-gnome-fcitx\x2dautostart-2332.scope: Succeeded.
Jun 08 20:45:36 envy-x360 fcitx-autostart.desktop[2412]: Fcitx seems is not running
Jun 08 20:45:36 envy-x360 fcitx-autostart.desktop[2554]: (INFO-7 addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-autoeng.conf
Jun 08 20:45:36 envy-x360 fcitx-autostart.desktop[2554]: (INFO-7 addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-chttrans.conf
Jun 08 20:45:36 envy-x360 fcitx-autostart.desktop[2554]: (INFO-7 addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-clipboard.conf
Jun 08 20:45:36 envy-x360 fcitx-autostart.desktop[2554]: (INFO-7 addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-dbus.conf
Jun 08 20:45:36 envy-x360 fcitx-autostart.desktop[2554]: (INFO-7 addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-freedesktop-notify.conf
Jun 08 20:45:36 envy-x360 fcitx-autostart.desktop[2554]: (INFO-7 addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-fullwidth-char.conf
Jun 08 20:45:36 envy-x360 fcitx-autostart.desktop[2554]: (INFO-7 addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-imselector.conf
Jun 08 20:45:36 envy-x360 fcitx-autostart.desktop[2554]: (INFO-7 addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-ipc.conf
Jun 08 20:45:36 envy-x360 fcitx-autostart.desktop[2554]: (INFO-7 addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-ipcportal.conf
Jun 08 20:45:36 envy-x360 fcitx-autostart.desktop[2554]: (INFO-7 addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-keyboard.conf
Jun 08 20:45:36 envy-x360 fcitx-autostart.desktop[2554]: (INFO-7 addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-kimpanel-ui.conf
Jun 08 20:45:36 envy-x360 fcitx-autostart.desktop[2554]: (INFO-7 addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-notificationitem.conf
Jun 08 20:45:36 envy-x360 fcitx-autostart.desktop[2554]: (INFO-7 addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-punc.conf
Jun 08 20:45:36 envy-x360 fcitx-autostart.desktop[2554]: (INFO-7 addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-quickphrase.conf
Jun 08 20:45:36 envy-x360 fcitx-autostart.desktop[2554]: (INFO-7 addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-qw.conf
Jun 08 20:45:36 envy-x360 fcitx-autostart.desktop[2554]: (INFO-7 addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-remote-module.conf
Jun 08 20:45:36 envy-x360 fcitx-autostart.desktop[2554]: (INFO-7 addon.c:151) Load Addon Config File:fcitx-unicode.conf
Jun 08 20:45:36 envy-x360 fcitx-autostart.desktop[2555]: sh: line 1: dbus-launch: command not found
Jun 08 20:46:33 envy-x360 systemd[1998]: Started app-flatpak-org.fcitx.Fcitx5-2874.scope.
Jun 08 20:46:35 envy-x360 systemd[1998]: app-flatpak-org.fcitx.Fcitx5-2874.scope: Succeeded.
Jun 08 20:46:35 envy-x360 systemd[1998]: app-flatpak-org.fcitx.Fcitx5-2874.scope: Consumed 2.490s CPU time.
Jun 08 21:10:38 envy-x360 systemd[1998]: Started app-flatpak-org.fcitx.Fcitx5-7100.scope.
Jun 08 21:10:40 envy-x360 systemd[1998]: app-flatpak-org.fcitx.Fcitx5-7100.scope: Succeeded.
Jun 08 21:10:40 envy-x360 systemd[1998]: app-flatpak-org.fcitx.Fcitx5-7100.scope: Consumed 2.443s CPU time.
Jun 08 21:18:14 envy-x360 systemd[1998]: Started app-flatpak-org.fcitx.Fcitx5-8944.scope.
Jun 08 21:18:16 envy-x360 systemd[1998]: app-flatpak-org.fcitx.Fcitx5-8944.scope: Succeeded.
Jun 08 21:18:16 envy-x360 systemd[1998]: app-flatpak-org.fcitx.Fcitx5-8944.scope: Consumed 2.698s CPU time.
Jun 08 21:18:49 envy-x360 systemd[1998]: Started app-flatpak-org.fcitx.Fcitx5-10578.scope.
Jun 08 21:18:50 envy-x360 systemd[1998]: app-flatpak-org.fcitx.Fcitx5-10578.scope: Succeeded.
Jun 08 21:19:17 envy-x360 systemd[1998]: Started app-flatpak-org.fcitx.Fcitx5-11081.scope.
Jun 08 21:19:19 envy-x360 systemd[1998]: app-flatpak-org.fcitx.Fcitx5-11081.scope: Succeeded.
Jun 08 21:19:19 envy-x360 systemd[1998]: app-flatpak-org.fcitx.Fcitx5-11081.scope: Consumed 2.509s CPU time.
Jun 08 21:19:34 envy-x360 systemd[1998]: Started app-flatpak-org.fcitx.Fcitx5-12708.scope.
Jun 08 21:19:36 envy-x360 systemd[1998]: app-flatpak-org.fcitx.Fcitx5-12708.scope: Succeeded.
Jun 08 21:19:36 envy-x360 systemd[1998]: app-flatpak-org.fcitx.Fcitx5-12708.scope: Consumed 2.513s CPU time.
Jun 08 21:20:00 envy-x360 polkitd[1017]: Registered Authentication Agent for unix-process:14350:209116 (system bus name :1.117 [flatpak info -M org.fcitx.Fcitx5], object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, locale en_US.UTF-8)

So now the main problem is I don't have access to fcitx-config-gtk3. Perhaps I can try installing it in my toolbox (https://github.com/kubic-project/microos-toolbox), but it'd be nice to have it as a flatpak package.

Also, is this kind of setup supported? I saw #108 (comment) where you've mentioned this so I guess it's a yes?

Use flatpak fcitx + flatpak fcitx engine + flatpak/host app is possible.

Answered by wengxt

Jun 8, 2021

You still need some im module on your host (not possible to be provided by flatpak).

You can use either: xim (which could be buggy), fcitx 4, fcitx5, or even ibus. I suggest fcitx4 one if fcitx5 is not available by your distro.

https://fcitx-im.org/wiki/Install_Fcitx_5#Install_Fcitx_5_from_Flatpak
https://fcitx-im.org/wiki/Input_method_related_environment_variables

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teohhanhui · 2021-06-08T14:07:37Z

teohhanhui
Jun 8, 2021
Author

If I run fcitx-diagnose from within the toolbox container, it's able to detect the running process.

So I guess it's due to sandbox limitation that fcitx-diagnose is not working from within the flatpak.

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teohhanhui · 2021-06-08T15:33:13Z

teohhanhui
Jun 8, 2021
Author

I think I've realized my mistake. The correct thing to do is:

ln -s ~/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/applications/org.fcitx.Fcitx5.desktop ~/.config/autostart/org.fcitx.Fcitx5.desktop

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teohhanhui · 2021-06-08T15:46:18Z

teohhanhui
Jun 8, 2021
Author

Now there's only one thing which is still not working. fcitx IME doesn't work in host apps.

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wengxt · 2021-06-08T19:01:50Z

wengxt
Jun 8, 2021
Maintainer

You still need some im module on your host (not possible to be provided by flatpak).

You can use either: xim (which could be buggy), fcitx 4, fcitx5, or even ibus. I suggest fcitx4 one if fcitx5 is not available by your distro.

https://fcitx-im.org/wiki/Install_Fcitx_5#Install_Fcitx_5_from_Flatpak
https://fcitx-im.org/wiki/Input_method_related_environment_variables

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teohhanhui Jun 8, 2021
Author

Right. In my case I think it's not worth it. I'll just live with not being able to use fcitx in host apps. There are only very few of them on MicroOS Desktop anyway.

AClon314 May 3, 2024

Solution: install IME on host

sudo dnf install fcitx5 -y
flatpak install org.fcitx.Fcitx5 org.fcitx.Fcitx5.Addon.Rime # you can install addon if you want

sorry, when the old version broke up I realize that maybe a wrong solution :(

old version:
~~give fcitx5(Flatpak) permission in Flatseal: socket=system-bus on.~~

~~or bash version:~~

flatpak install flathub org.fcitx.Fcitx5 org.fcitx.Fcitx5.Addon.Rime # you can install addon if you want
flatpak --user override --socket=system-bus org.fcitx.Fcitx5

~~Now you can use fcitx5 on host's application! (need to restart fcitx5(Flatpak) and host's application)~~

reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/flatpak/comments/t9hetq/how_do_i_remove_the_container_feature_from/

teohhanhui May 3, 2024
Author

You can get more granular with --system-own-name=... and --system-talk-name=... (repeat for all the service names it needs to talk to). No need to give unrestricted access to the system bus.

https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/flatpak-command-reference.html

wengxt · 2021-06-08T19:07:32Z

wengxt
Jun 8, 2021
Maintainer

In terms of generally available by default without install new package (my guessing),

Use following values might work, you can also play with other values.

XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitx # For x11
GTK_IM_MODULE=xim # For Gtk
QT4_IM_MODULE=xim # For Qt4
QT_IM_MODULE=ibus # For Qt5+

Also, there's no "fcitx-autostart" in fcitx5, nor "fcitx-diagnose". There's only "fcitx5-diagnose".

Also there's no fcitx-config-gtk3 for fcitx5 and org.fcitx.Fcitx5 already bundles the fcitx5-configtool within it, you can access it easily via the fcitx tray icon.

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