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Flatpak already creates executable wrappers for all applications as part of regular installs, though they're by default named as the full package name.
For when inkscape has been installed into the system-wide Flatpak installation, you could simply symlink it like;
ln -s /var/lib/flatpak/exports/bin/org.inkscape.Inkscape /usr/local/bin/inkscapeFor the user-local installation, the exported runnable is in
~/.local/share/flatpak/exports/bininstead.I handle it more like
ln -s /var/lib/flatpak/exports/bin/org.inkscape.Inkscape ~/.local/bin/inkscape.local/bin is a directory that you may have to make, but your shell's startup scripts should automatically add it to the PATH after that.
I personally use
~/.binfor my own symlinks, though I also use the user-specific installation instead of the system-wide one.I wouldn't guarantee that any automation handles
~/.local/binor~/.bineither, that would depend entirely on the distribution. In my case I've added both to PATH manually.