Bazaar App Store¶
Purpose¶
Bazaar is the primary method of installing applications on Bazzite (outside of the small selection of software available in the Bazzite Portal or as a ujust command) and is recommended to install most applications from Bazaar over other formats for most software when possible. Bazaar is a frontend for Flatpaks that are from Flathub.
What is Flatpak?¶
Flatpak is a universal containerized package format that tries to sandbox applications through flexible permissions that the application has access to on your system. It is the primary method of installing applications on Bazzite and the most recommended way to install software over other formats outside of the few exceptions of software available in the Bazzite Portal which take priority. Flatpaks can be graphically installed, upgraded, and uninstalled via the Bazaar app store.
Terminal Installation¶
Alternatively open a host terminal and enter:
flatpak install <application>
Manage Flatpaks¶
Manage Flatpaks with Flatseal and Warehouse which are both pre-installed.
Flatseal¶
Flatseal is for changing application permissions if necessary.
Sometimes a project's website or Github repository contain information on what permissions need to be changed to perform certain functionality.
Warehouse¶
Warehouse is a utility that gives users a graphical interface to downgrade applications, install remote Flatpak sources outside of Flathub at your own risk, and backup application user data.