I went to install some software today (Gradia) which is only available via Flathub apparently, the install size is larger than my distro which feels like a bit much for a screenshot tool. What’s the deal with the massive size of Flatpaks and is it really worth all the extra space? 4GB per application?

  • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Have you ever tried to install a package and the install failed because of a missing dependency? You spend time chasing down that specific dependency, you find it and try to install it, but then the dependency itself fails to install because of a further missing dependency of its own. This is two steps into “dependency hell”.

    This doesn’t occur with a Flatpak install because all the dependencies are baked into the Flakpak.

    • etherphon@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      Thank you, that hasn’t happened to me in some time, but I understand how Flatpaks avoid that now.