flatpak-install-action

A custom action to install applications from flathub by pressing the "install" button in Firefox via bash.

Setup

1. place the *.desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications

   mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications && wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ivan-hc/flatpak-install-action/main/Flathub%20Install%20Action.desktop -O ~/.local/share/applications/'Flathub Install Action.desktop' && chmod a+x ~/.local/share/applications/'Flathub Install Action.desktop'
   

2. place the flatpak.svg icon in ~/.local/share/icons

   mkdir -p ~/.local/share/icons/ && wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ivan-hc/flatpak-install-action/main/flatpak.svg -O ~/.local/share/icons/flatpak.svg
   

3. open the ~/.mozilla/firefox/$YOUR-PROFILE/handlers.json file with a text editor and add the following line after "mimeTypes":{

   "application/vnd.flatpakref":{"action":4,"ask":true,"extensions":["flatpak"]},
   

   it should look like this

   ..."mimeTypes":{"application/vnd.flatpakref":{"action":4,"ask":true,"extensions":["flatpak"]},...
   

4. Go to https://flathub.org and click the "Install" button of an app you're interested in and select "Flathub Install Action" to open the file into a Terminal's window. If this does not work, right-click on the downloaded .flatpakref file (only the first time) to enable Flatpak Install Action as the default app for this extension. Next time the Terminal's window will be opened automatically when you press "Install" from Flathub in Firefox.

The terminal will be automatically closed at the end of the installation or if you choose "n" to abort the installation.