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FLATPAK BUILD-FINIS(1)    flatpak build-finish    FLATPAK BUILD-FINIS(1)

NAME         top

       flatpak-build-finish - Finalize a build directory

SYNOPSIS         top


       flatpak build-finish [OPTION...] DIRECTORY

DESCRIPTION         top

       Finalizes a build directory, to prepare it for exporting.
       DIRECTORY is the name of the directory.

       The result of this command is that desktop files, icons, D-Bus
       service files, and AppStream metainfo files from the files
       subdirectory are copied to a new export subdirectory. In the
       metadata file, the command key is set in the [Application] group,
       and the supported keys in the [Environment] group are set
       according to the options.

       As part of finalization you can also specify permissions that the
       app needs, using the various options specified below.
       Additionally during finalization the permissions from the runtime
       are inherited into the app unless you specify
       --no-inherit-permissions

       You should review the exported files and the application metadata
       before creating and distributing an application bundle.

       It is an error to run build-finish on a directory that has not
       been initialized as a build directory, or has already been
       finalized.

OPTIONS         top

       The following options are understood:

       -h, --help
           Show help options and exit.

       --command=COMMAND
           The command to use. If this option is not specified, the
           first executable found in files/bin is used.

           Note that the command is used when the application is run via
           flatpak run, and does not affect what gets executed when the
           application is run in other ways, e.g. via the desktop file
           or D-Bus activation.

       --require-version=MAJOR.MINOR.MICRO
           Require this version or later of flatpak to install/update to
           this build.

       --share=SUBSYSTEM
           Share a subsystem with the host session. This updates the
           [Context] group in the metadata. SUBSYSTEM must be one of:
           network, ipc. This option can be used multiple times.

       --unshare=SUBSYSTEM
           Don't share a subsystem with the host session. This updates
           the [Context] group in the metadata. SUBSYSTEM must be one
           of: network, ipc. This option can be used multiple times.

       --socket=SOCKET
           Expose a well-known socket to the application. This updates
           the [Context] group in the metadata. SOCKET must be one of:
           x11, wayland, fallback-x11, pulseaudio, system-bus,
           session-bus, ssh-auth, pcsc, cups, gpg-agent,
           inherit-wayland-socket. This option can be used multiple
           times.

           The fallback-x11 option makes the X11 socket available only
           if there is no Wayland socket. This option was introduced in
           0.11.3. To support older Flatpak releases, specify both x11
           and fallback-x11. The fallback-x11 option takes precedence
           when both are supported.

       --nosocket=SOCKET
           Don't expose a well known socket to the application. This
           updates the [Context] group in the metadata. SOCKET must be
           one of: x11, wayland, fallback-x11, pulseaudio, system-bus,
           session-bus, ssh-auth, pcsc, cups, gpg-agent,
           inherit-wayland-socket. This option can be used multiple
           times.

       --device=DEVICE
           Expose a device to the application. This updates the
           [Context] group in the metadata. DEVICE must be one of: dri,
           input, kvm, shm, all. This option can be used multiple times.

       --nodevice=DEVICE
           Don't expose a device to the application. This updates the
           [Context] group in the metadata. DEVICE must be one of: dri,
           input, kvm, shm, all. This option can be used multiple times.

       --allow=FEATURE
           Allow access to a specific feature. This updates the
           [Context] group in the metadata. FEATURE must be one of:
           devel, multiarch, bluetooth, canbus, per-app-dev-shm. This
           option can be used multiple times.

           The devel feature allows the application to access certain
           syscalls such as ptrace(), and perf_event_open().

           The multiarch feature allows the application to execute
           programs compiled for an ABI other than the one supported
           natively by the system. For example, for the x86_64
           architecture, 32-bit x86 binaries will be allowed as well.

           The bluetooth feature allows the application to use bluetooth
           (AF_BLUETOOTH) sockets. Note, for bluetooth to fully work you
           must also have network access.

           The canbus feature allows the application to use canbus
           (AF_CAN) sockets. Note, for this work you must also have
           network access.

           The per-app-dev-shm feature shares a single instance of
           /dev/shm between the application, any unrestricted
           subsandboxes that it creates, and any other instances of the
           application that are launched while it is running.

       --disallow=FEATURE
           Disallow access to a specific feature. This updates the
           [Context] group in the metadata. FEATURE must be one of:
           devel, multiarch, bluetooth, canbus, per-app-dev-shm. This
           option can be used multiple times.

       --filesystem=FS
           Allow the application access to a subset of the filesystem.
           This updates the [Context] group in the metadata. FS can be
           one of: home, host, host-os, host-etc, xdg-desktop,
           xdg-documents, xdg-download, xdg-music, xdg-pictures,
           xdg-public-share, xdg-templates, xdg-videos, xdg-run,
           xdg-config, xdg-cache, xdg-data, an absolute path, or a
           homedir-relative path like ~/dir or paths relative to the xdg
           dirs, like xdg-download/subdir. The optional :ro suffix
           indicates that the location will be read-only. The optional
           :create suffix indicates that the location will be read-write
           and created if it doesn't exist. This option can be used
           multiple times. See the "[Context] filesystems" list in
           flatpak-metadata(5) for details of the meanings of these
           filesystems.

       --nofilesystem=FILESYSTEM
           Remove access to the specified subset of the filesystem from
           the application. This overrides to the Context section from
           the application metadata. FILESYSTEM can be one of: home,
           host, host-os, host-etc, xdg-desktop, xdg-documents,
           xdg-download, xdg-music, xdg-pictures, xdg-public-share,
           xdg-templates, xdg-videos, an absolute path, or a
           homedir-relative path like ~/dir. This option can be used
           multiple times.

       --add-policy=SUBSYSTEM.KEY=VALUE
           Add generic policy option. For example,
           "--add-policy=subsystem.key=v1 --add-policy=subsystem.key=v2"
           would map to this metadata:

               [Policy subsystem]
               key=v1;v2;

           This option can be used multiple times.

       --remove-policy=SUBSYSTEM.KEY=VALUE
           Remove generic policy option. This option can be used
           multiple times.

       --env=VAR=VALUE
           Set an environment variable in the application. This updates
           the [Environment] group in the metadata. This overrides to
           the Context section from the application metadata. This
           option can be used multiple times.

       --unset-env=VAR
           Unset an environment variable in the application. This
           updates the unset-environment entry in the [Context] group of
           the metadata. This option can be used multiple times.

       --env-fd=FD
           Read environment variables from the file descriptor FD, and
           set them as if via --env. This can be used to avoid
           environment variables and their values becoming visible to
           other users.

           Each environment variable is in the form VAR=VALUE followed
           by a zero byte. This is the same format used by env -0 and
           /proc/*/environ.

       --own-name=NAME
           Allow the application to own the well known name NAME on the
           session bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the application
           to own all matching names. This updates the [Session Bus
           Policy] group in the metadata. This option can be used
           multiple times.

       --talk-name=NAME
           Allow the application to talk to the well known name NAME on
           the session bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the
           application to talk to all matching names. This updates the
           [Session Bus Policy] group in the metadata. This option can
           be used multiple times.

       --system-own-name=NAME
           Allow the application to own the well known name NAME on the
           system bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the application
           to own all matching names. This updates the [System Bus
           Policy] group in the metadata. This option can be used
           multiple times.

       --system-talk-name=NAME
           Allow the application to talk to the well known name NAME on
           the system bus. If NAME ends with .*, it allows the
           application to talk to all matching names. This updates the
           [System Bus Policy] group in the metadata. This option can be
           used multiple times.

       --persist=FILENAME
           If the application doesn't have access to the real homedir,
           make the (homedir-relative) path FILENAME a bind mount to the
           corresponding path in the per-application directory, allowing
           that location to be used for persistent data. This updates
           the [Context] group in the metadata. This option can be used
           multiple times.

       --runtime=RUNTIME, --sdk=SDK
           Change the runtime or sdk used by the app to the specified
           partial ref. Unspecified parts of the ref are taken from the
           old values or defaults.

       --metadata=GROUP=KEY[=VALUE]
           Set a generic key in the metadata file. If value is left out
           it will be set to "true".

       --extension=NAME=VARIABLE[=VALUE]
           Add extension point info. See the documentation for
           flatpak-metadata(5) for the possible values of VARIABLE and
           VALUE.

       --remove-extension=NAME
           Remove extension point info.

       --extension-priority=VALUE
           Set the priority (library override order) of the extension
           point. Only useful for extensions. 0 is the default, and
           higher value means higher priority.

       --extra-data=NAME:SHA256:DOWNLOAD-SIZE:INSTALL-SIZE:URL
           Adds information about extra data uris to the app. These will
           be downloaded and verified by the client when the app is
           installed and placed in the /app/extra directory. You can
           also supply an /app/bin/apply_extra script that will be run
           after the files are downloaded.

       --no-exports
           Don't look for exports in the build.

       --no-inherit-permissions
           Don't inherit runtime permissions in the app.

       -v, --verbose
           Print debug information during command processing.

       --ostree-verbose
           Print OSTree debug information during command processing.

EXAMPLES         top

       $ flatpak build-finish /build/my-app --socket=x11 --share=ipc

           Exporting share/applications/gnome-calculator.desktop
           Exporting share/dbus-1/services/org.gnome.Calculator.SearchProvider.service
           More than one executable
           Using gcalccmd as command
           Please review the exported files and the metadata

SEE ALSO         top

       flatpak(1), flatpak-build-init(1), flatpak-build(1),
       flatpak-build-export(1)

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of the flatpak (a tool for building and
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