Problem with Package when installing from Flathub

[egrath]

When installing this package from Flathub, the dependency
org.freedesktop.Platform/i386/18.08 gets not installed automatically. You have to manually issue flatpak install -y flathub org.freedesktop.Platform/i386/18.08 to fix it.

[scx]

@egrath

When installing this package from Flathub, the dependency
org.freedesktop.Platform/i386/18.08 gets not installed automatically. You have to manually issue flatpak install -y flathub org.freedesktop.Platform/i386/18.08 to fix it.

Thanks for reporting!
What is your flatpak version? Does it fail, or just install anyway? In other words, have you been able to install the XnRetro package without runtime (Freedesktop)? Anyway, it should not happen.

It may be related to this issue:
flatpak/flatpak#2784

@alexlarsson @nedrichards
Any idea why this behaves like that?

[egrath]

My flatpak version:
com.xnview.XnRetro/i386/stable flathub ae48c0e9f2c7 - 127,6 MB system,current
it installs without any problem, but when i run, it complains about the missing dependency:
egon@endless:~$ flatpak run com.xnview.XnRetro
error: runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform/i386/18.08 not installed

[scx]

@egrath

My flatpak version:
com.xnview.XnRetro/i386/stable flathub ae48c0e9f2c7 - 127,6 MB system,current

I was asking about the flatpak version in your system: flatpak --version

$ flatpak --version
Flatpak 1.0.2

it installs without any problem, but when i run, it complains about the missing dependency:
egon@endless:~$ flatpak run com.xnview.XnRetro
error: runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform/i386/18.08 not installed

Strange. It definitely shouldn't happen.

[scx]

From IRC channel:

11:39 < alexlarsson> scx: that seems very strange? if an app depends on a particular runtime is should always install it or fail
11:39 < alexlarsson> does it fail, or just install anyway?
11:43 < nedrichards> that, er, should not happen
11:44 < bochecha> it installs the runtime here
11:44 < bochecha> maybe the reporter is using an old flatpak/gnome-software which had a bug?
11:54 < scx> alexlarsson: It is an i386 package, probably on x86_64 host.
11:54 < scx> Can it make any difference?
11:55 < scx> Maybe it is trying to install x86_64 version of Freedesktop runtime?
11:55 < bochecha> scx, I'm on a x86_64 host, and it worked installing the i386 runtime as a dep of the i386 app
11:56 < scx> So probably flatpak < 1.0, maybe 0.10?
11:56 < alexlarsson> I dunno, dependencies like that should have worked a very long way back
11:58 < bochecha> I found GNOME Software used to handle deps pretty badly in the beginning, whether at installation or update
11:59 < bochecha> it all seems to be fixed now, but I wonder whether the reporter wouldn't have an old version…
11:59 < bochecha> they didn't say how they installed

[egrath]

My flatpak version is
Flatpak 1.0.0
(Endless OS 3.5.7)

[wjt]

If you installed this with "App Center" / GNOME Software, this is a known issue with the version we ship. It should be fixed in a few months when we've rebased to a version of GNOME Software that uses FlatpakTransaction.