I have a Python-package that calls Inkscape as part of a conversion process. I have it installed, but through Flatpak. This means that calling inkscape does not work in the terminal, but rather flatpak run org.inkscape.Inkscape. I need the package to be able to call it as inkscape.
What is the best way to go about this?
alias inkscape="flatpak run org.inkscape.Inkscape"into your.bashrc.Yeah, I tried this, and it works from my session, but I still got the same error from trying to run the program. I figured it was because it is called outside the bash session so the run commands have not been run, but is that perhaps not true?
If that’s the case, it’s a bit of an ugly hack but you could make a wrapper script placed in
/usr/local/bin/inkscapelike this:#!/bin/bash flatpack run org.inkscape.Inkscape ${*}(the
${*}will pass along all the arguments that the wrapper script was called with)Thanks! I was trying to implement this, and was trying to figure out how to pass all the arguments! This worked for me! I got some other errors, but they don’t seem related to this, so now to find out what they are all about 😅
This is a great little hack.
Saving this for later, that’s genius.
Why don’t you check for both and use the one that’s available, otherwise print an error. Additionally you could read an env INKSCAPE_BIN and also include that in your checks.
So one could for example do
INKSCAPE_BIN='distrobox enter arch -- inkscape' python main.pyIt is not my package, but I could of course go ahead and change the source code directly to handle this. But I’d prefer a solution that would persist through updates.
A good argument against containerization of programs tbh.
Yup, pack it up folks. We spent years working to solve containerized applications with a granular permission system, but we can’t figure out how to make an executable run a command. It was a good run, but it’s over now.
Finally someone got the point instead of just downvoting. 🤣
