[Solved, see explanation by @Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone below.]

I have the same version of Ubuntu (really Kubuntu) installed on two laptops, and also the same programs (debs, flatpaks, some snap) on both; they are almost mirrors.

Today I noticed that the .local/share/flatpak/ directory in one laptop has the following subfolders:

  • db
  • repo

while the homologous directory in the other laptop has these:

  • db
  • repo
  • appstream
  • app
  • runtime
  • exports

I’m just curious: does anyone know what the extra directories in the second laptop are about? The only difference in the flatpaks between the two laptops is with the GPUs: the first has Nvidia, Mesa, Intel; the second only Mesa and Intel (so I would be expecting more directories in the first than in the second, if any…).

Cheers!

  • stravanasu@lemmy.caOP
    3·
    5 days ago

    It was exactly as you said; a difference I didn’t know about. Also confirming that Kubuntu apparently installs them system-side, even if flatpak install ... is called without sudo, again as you inferred. I don’t know how I managed to install them user-side in one laptop, but now they mirror each other :)

    For others interested, these two commands show the difference, as explained by another user in a cross-post:

    flatpak --user list
flatpak --system list

    Thank you!