install godot flatpak from org.godotengine.Godot

[jrkb]

Hey there,

I am aware that the flatpak from org.godotengine.Godot is unofficial. However, I kind of like the easy update process.

However, I used to have issues with any file operation, specifically an error that org.freedesktop.portal.FileChooser would not be available…

For me it worked flawlessly after installing xdg-desktop-portal on my machine.
On Void Linux that’s sudo xbps-install -S xdg-desktop-portal
I guess this would be something like sudo apt install xdg-desktop-portal on Debian/Ubuntu/Devuan/etc.

Just wanted to share that in case somebody has the same issue, cheers!

[pennyloafers]

If you have a mainstream distro like Ubuntu/Debian. They should be XDG compliant and would not need any extra utilities.

I have used Flatpack Godot, but i typically just install it on my own.

See my post here.

"Installing" Godot on Ubuntu

NOTE: done with version 22.04 Jammy-Jellyfish, and could generalize to other Debian based distros. Updated: August 9th 2024 Hello, I wanted to write-up a short walk through to setting up the Godot Engine on Ubuntu. Generally when we download the Godot Engine we get it as a raw binary and not in a deb package that will take care of the installation for us. So most people who are not accustomed to the quirks of a Linux OS will be navigating the file system to just open the Godot Editor. One of t…

The void docs also mention the process of using Flatpack.

https://docs.voidlinux.org/config/external-applications.html#flatpak

[jrkb]

Absolutely correct, I am not sure how I missed this in the void docs
Thanks also for linking to your nice write-up!