[GTALUG] Re: sshing in to update flatpaks is very awkward

D. Hugh Redelmeier via Talk said on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 21:55:29 -0400 (EDT)

To update flatpaks: $ sudo flatpak update

but this won't work through SSH. You have to start DBUS first.

Eeeeu, DBUS, get it offa me!

And you cannot do it in a separate sudo because the environment will be different between the two. (The error messages are ugly.)

$ ssh other-system $ sudo -i # export $(dbus-launch) # sudo flatpak update

flatpak update seems a lot slower than normal package updates.

Can you put it all in one shellscript and just run the shellscript over ssh? SteveT Steve Litt http://444domains.com