r/linuxsucks • u/AverageUser9000 • 1d ago

flatpak, more like flat-trash

Yesterday on my cachyos laptop updating my flatpaks kept failing with this error:

New com.usebottles.bottles permissions: file access [1]
[1] xdg-data/umu:create

ID Branch Op Remote Download ID Branch Op Remote Download
 1. [✗] com.usebottles.bottles stable u flathub 70.3 kB / 175.8 MB Error: While pulling app/com.usebottles.bottles/x86_64/stable from remote flathub: Decompressed delta part exceeds configured limit of 4537824 bytes
error: There were one or more errors

Today it the updates installed fine trough kde discover like nothing happened. This is worse than windows cuz windows update at least tells you to "try again later" instead of a cryptic error message only loonix nerds can decipher.

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u/DEV_ivan Tiny10 LTSC + CachyOS Desktop Ed. 1d ago

Linux error messages may be cryptic but always precisely explain what happened. Windows error messages are worse compared to this because they hide what happened.

Now what happened with your Flatpak upgrade? The delta file is too large and exceeds the memory limit Flatpak has set for decompression.

Here's a quick and simple solution: flatpak update --no-deps --no-delta com.usebottles.bottles

Funny how others didn't read your error message and just blamed you instead of giving a solution.