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FLATPAK RUN(1) flatpak run FLATPAK RUN(1)

NAME

flatpak-run - Run an application

SYNOPSIS

flatpak run [OPTION...] APP [ARG...]

DESCRIPTION

Runs an application in a sandboxed environment. APP must name an installed application. Extra arguments are passed on to the application.
flatpak creates a sandboxed environment for the application to run in by mounting the right runtime at /usr and a writable directory at /var, whose content is preserved between application runs. The application itself is mounted at /app.
The details of the sandboxed environment are controlled by the application metadata and various options like --share and --socket that are passed to the run command: Access is allowed if it was requested either in the application metadata file or with an option and the user hasn't overridden it.

OPTIONS

The following options are understood:
-h, --help
Show help options and exit.
-v, --verbose
Print debug information during command processing.
--version
Print version information and exit.
--arch=ARCH
The architecture to install for.
--command=COMMAND
The command to run instead of the one listed in the application metadata.
--branch=BRANCH
The branch to use.
-d, --devel
Use the devel runtime that is specified in the application metadata instead of the regular runtime, and use a seccomp profile that is less likely to break development tools.
--runtime=RUNTIME
Use this runtime instead of the one that is specified in the application metadata. This is a full tuple, like for example org.freedesktop.Sdk/x86_64/1.2, but partial tuples are allowed. Any empty or missing parts are filled in with the corresponding values specified by the app.
--runtime-version=VERSION
Use this version of the runtime instead of the one that is specified in the application metadata. This overrides any version specified with the --runtime option.
--share=SUBSYSTEM
Share a subsystem with the host session. This overrides the Context section from the application metadata. SUBSYSTEM must be one of: network, ipc. This option can be used multiple times.
--unshare=SUBSYSTEM
Don't share a subsystem with the host session. This overrides the Context section from the application metadata. SUBSYSTEM must be one of: network, ipc. This option can be used multiple times.
--socket=SOCKET
Expose a well known socket to the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. SOCKET must be one of: x11, wayland, pulseaudio, system-bus, session-bus. This option can be used multiple times.
--nosocket=SOCKET
Don't expose a well known socket to the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. SOCKET must be one of: x11, wayland, pulseaudio, system-bus, session-bus. This option can be used multiple times.
--device=DEVICE
Expose a device to the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. DEVICE must be one of: dri, kvm, all. This option can be used multiple times.
--nodevice=DEVICE
Don't expose a device to the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. DEVICE must be one of: dri, kvm, all. This option can be used multiple times.
--allow=FEATURE
Allow access to a specific feature. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. FEATURE must be one of: devel, multiarch. This option can be used multiple times.
--disallow=FEATURE
Disallow access to a specific feature. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. FEATURE must be one of: devel, multiarch. This option can be used multiple times.
--filesystem=FS
Allow the application access to a subset of the filesystem. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. FS can be one of: home, host, xdg-desktop, xdg-documents, xdg-download, xdg-music, xdg-pictures, xdg-public-share, xdg-templates, xdg-videos, xdg-run, xdg-config, xdg-cache, xdg-data, an absolute path, or a homedir-relative path like ~/dir or paths relative to the xdg dirs, like xdg-download/subdir. The optional :ro suffix indicates that the location will be read-only. The optional :create suffix indicates that the location will be read-write and created if it doesn't exist. This option can be used multiple times.
--nofilesystem=FILESYSTEM
Remove access to the specified subset of the filesystem from the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. FILESYSTEM can be one of: home, host, xdg-desktop, xdg-documents, xdg-download xdg-music, xdg-pictures, xdg-public-share, xdg-templates, xdg-videos, an absolute path, or a homedir-relative path like ~/dir. This option can be used multiple times.
--env=VAR=VALUE
Set an environment variable in the application. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--own-name=NAME
Allow the application to own the well known name NAME on the session bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the application to own all matching names. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--talk-name=NAME
Allow the application to talk to the well known name NAME on the session bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the application to talk to all matching names. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--system-own-name=NAME
Allow the application to own the well known name NAME on the system bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the application to own all matching names. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--system-talk-name=NAME
Allow the application to talk to the well known name NAME on the system bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the application to talk to all matching names. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--persist=FILENAME
If the application doesn't have access to the real homedir, make the (homedir-relative) path FILENAME a bind mount to the corresponding path in the per-application directory, allowing that location to be used for persistent data. This overrides to the Context section from the application metadata. This option can be used multiple times.
--log-session-bus
Log session bus traffic. This can be useful to see what access you need to allow in your D-Bus policy.
--log-system-bus
Log system bus traffic. This can be useful to see what access you need to allow in your D-Bus policy.

EXAMPLES

$ flatpak run org.gnome.GEdit
$ flatpak run --devel --command=bash org.gnome.Builder

SEE ALSO

flatpak(1), flatpak-override(1), flatpak-enter(1)
flatpak