1FLATPAK CREATE-USB(1) flatpak create-usb FLATPAK CREATE-USB(1)
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6 flatpak-create-usb - Copy apps and/or runtimes onto removable media.
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9 flatpak create-usb [OPTION...] MOUNT-PATH REF...
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12 Copies the specified apps and/or runtimes REFs onto the removable media
13 mounted at MOUNT-PATH, along with all the dependencies and metadata
14 needed for installing them. This is one way of transferring flatpaks
15 between computers that doesn't require an Internet connection. After
16 using this command, the USB drive can be connected to another computer
17 and flatpak install will prefer to install from it rather than the
18 Internet if (a) each ref comes from a configured remote whose GPG
19 keyring will be used for verification and (b) the refs on the drive are
20 at least as new as what's available elsewhere (e.g. the Internet if
21 you're online). For this process to work a collection ID must be
22 configured on the relevant remotes on both the source and destination
23 computers, and on the remote server.
24 On the destination computer one can install from the USB (or any
26 mounted filesystem) the same way you would install from the Internet,
27 e.g. with flatpak install flathub org.gnome.Builder or using a GUI.
28 Each REF argument is a full or partial identifier in the flatpak ref
30 format, which looks like "(app|runtime)/ID/ARCH/BRANCH". All elements
31 except ID are optional and can be left out, including the slashes, so
32 most of the time you need only specify ID. Any part left out will be
33 matched against what is installed, and if there are multiple matches an
34 error message will list the alternatives.
35 By default this looks for both installed apps and runtimes with the
37 given REF, but you can limit this by using the --app or --runtime
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39 All REFs must be in the same installation (user, system, or other).
41 Otherwise it's ambiguous which repository metadata refs to put on the
42 USB drive.
43 By default flatpak create-usb uses .ostree/repo as the destination
45 directory under MOUNT-PATH but if you specify another location using
46 --destination-repo a symbolic link will be created for you in
47 .ostree/repos.d. This ensures that either way the repository will be
48 found by flatpak (and other consumers of libostree) for install/update
49 operations.
50 Unless overridden with the --system, --user, or --installation options,
52 this command searches both the system-wide installation and the
53 per-user one for REF and errors out if it exists in more than one.
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56 The following options are understood:
57 -h, --help
59 Show help options and exit.
60 --user
62 Copy refs from the per-user installation.
63 --system
65 Copy refs from the default system-wide installation.
66 --installation=NAME
68 Copy refs from a system-wide installation specified by NAME among
69 those defined in /etc/flatpak/installations.d/. Using
70 --installation=default is equivalent to using --system.
71 --app
73 Assume that all REFs are apps if not explicitly specified.
74 --runtime
76 Assume that all REFs are runtimes if not explicitly specified.
77 --destination-repo=DEST
79 Create the repository in DEST under MOUNT-PATH, rather than the
80 default location.
81 -v, --verbose
83 Print debug information during command processing.
84 --ostree-verbose
86 Print OSTree debug information during command processing.
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89 $ flatpak create-usb
90 /run/media/mwleeds/1a9b4cb2-a7ef-4d9b-91a5-6eaf8fdd2bf6/
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94 flatpak(1), flatpak-install(1), flatpak-list(1), ostree-create-usb(1)
95flatpak FLATPAK CREATE-USB(1)