Integration with non-flatpak dolphin

[Erick555]

This isn't ark specific issue but generic one: how to integrate flatpak with dolphin (non-flatpak) in order to use it as service from there, i.e. unpacking archives from context menu? Lack of this functionality makes flatpak apps inferior to ones from distro so I hope there is a way to achieve this.

[tsdgeos]

I'm guessing that would need some flatpak feature, i think want to remember someone mentioned that is possible but i don't really remember where/who.

If someone has the time to investigate it, i think https://discourse.flathub.org/c/general/1 or the flatpak mailing list would be a good starting point to start inquiring

[Erick555]

I would go for https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues but I don't have much tech knowledge about how this dolphin integration work so I can't explain what is needed from flatpak side.

[aleixpol]

AFAIU We'd need to be able to run dolphin extensions from a separate process (which is the case for some). This is either an issue for either dolphin or ark though, I don't think it's something we can address from packaging as is, no?

[tsdgeos]

Ah wait you want to integrate a flatpak app with a non flatpak one? I'd say that's totally out of scope yeah

[Erick555]

Out of scope of what? I've only opened issue here because I don't know where it belongs but it's legitimate problem for flatpak kde apps and file manager isn't just an app but crucial part o kde desktop. Feel free to transfer it to proper place.

Dolphin flatpak already bundles ark for this reason I guess but it will never match non-flatpak one in terms of functionality so it's not a solution for problem stated here.

[travier]

See also https://invent.kde.org/teams/flathub/issues/-/issues/1