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Flatpacks - installing within Distrobox?
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Distrobox, by default, doesn't provide much isolation/sandboxing - it's main aim is desktop integration and filesystem transparency. So if you're trying to use it for isolation, it's a bad idea.
However, you can create a new container which will isolate your filesystem and prevent such conflicts, using the
--unshare-devsys
flag. (if you want FULL isolation though, use the--unshare-all
flag).Then enter the container and install the flatpak app as usual.
I just tested this on Fedora uBlue and an Arch container and it works fine, didn't have to unmount anything.
Thanks - this gives me a few leads.
I know that I'm not getting a full sandbox - that's ok. Ultimately I'm trying to get bottles running in the hopes of getting a semi-contained environment for me to test out yabridge and getting reaper to load the vsts without crashing. (Reaper is the easy part, the plugins not so much...)
A modicum of isolation here (even if not complete) will help me figure things out. Obviously, if I need different kernel/flags the host will get it too.
If I unshare-devsys, will that disable audio? (I'm still trying to get a clear picture of what's shared and what isn't with distrobox/podman (with docker, it feels a bit more straightforward, but I'm not sure docker would be the right choice here...)
Audio works. Not sure how though,
--unshare-devsys
is supposed to not share the hosts devices, but I guess audio devices are an exception.The full isolation flags are:
Unfortunately no luck here. Same issue even when setting --unshare-all flag. I suspect I need to try a different approach.