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cyberplunk

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Registered: 2023-01-13

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Flatpak Apps Are Sometimes Not Recognized By Thunar

I'm having an intermittent issue where my flatpak software is not recognized by Thunar. For instance, I have LibreOffice installed as a flatpak and set Writer as the default app for *.odt files, but sometimes, if I right-click on this file type, it doesn't appear as an option:

Checking the "Set Default Application" menu shows that LibreOffice Writer is missing from there, too:

Double-clicking the file causes it to open in whatever app Thunar has decided is the new default (such as the archive manager in the screenshot above).

As mentioned, this issue is intermittent, so it often goes away after rebooting my machine. In the meantime, I can also open my flatpak applications other ways, such as double-clicking on the desktop or Whisker menu icons or running a terminal command.

I'm on Xubuntu 25.04, xfdesktop version 4.20.1, running on Xfce 4.20 with X11 and Thunar 4.20.2.

Last edited by cyberplunk (2025-09-10 00:15:17)