# GNOME software center (flatpak support)
**URL:** https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/gnome-software-center-flatpak-support/1702
**Category:** Guix
**Tags:** guix
**Created:** [July 6, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/gnome-software-center-flatpak-support/1702 "2025-07-06T23:49:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@wegei8](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/wegei8)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2025, 11:49pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/gnome-software-center-flatpak-support/1702/1 "2025-07-06T23:49:10Z")
Is it possible to install the GNOME Software Center on Guix? Almost all of the apps I use are Flatpaks and normally I install them through Software Center. (There are no Guix packages for these apps.)
I enabled Flatpak on my Guix system by entering these commands: [Flatpakâthe future of application distribution](https://flatpak.org/setup/GNU%20Guix)
```auto
guix install flatpak
flatpak --user remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
```
But it seems like apps installed via `flatpak --user` aren’t integrated into the desktop launcher like apps from `guix install` are.
Is there any configuration I could add to improve the flatpak experience on Guix?
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### Author:  [@vvr](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/vvr)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/gnome-software-center-flatpak-support/1702/2 "2025-07-07T11:30:13Z")
I think you will be better of with nixos if you want to do that kind of thing, read more here [Flatpak - NixOS Wiki](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flatpak). Guix is not so well integrated with flatpak and also I think that is not the intention anyway.
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### Author:  [@wegei8](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/wegei8)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/gnome-software-center-flatpak-support/1702/3 "2025-07-07T20:18:48Z")
Oh, I found out I was missing some configuration.
So first I need to install flatpak, like their docs say.
```auto
guix install flatpak
flatpak --user remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
```
Then to install apps, I need to run this. The `--user` flag is important.
```auto
flatpak install --user flathub com.logseq.Logseq
```
You also need to update `XDG_DATA_HOME` so that it includes Flatpak directories. There is a file Flatpak provides that can do this. The file is located at `~/.guix-profile/etc/profile.d/flatpak.sh`. You need to run the commands in `flatpak.sh`. There’s a bunch of ways of doing this.
I decided to copy the contents of `flatpak.sh` into my `~/.bash_profile`. Apparently, GDM (or GNOME?) reads this file when you’re logging in.
However, I didn’t copy `flatpak.sh` by hand. I used `guix home` of course. Here’s what my `home.scm` file looks like.
```auto
(use-modules (gnu home)
(gnu home services shells)
(guix gexp)
(gnu services))
(home-environment
(services
(list
(service home-bash-service-type
(home-bash-configuration
(bash-profile (list (local-file
(string-append (getenv "HOME") "/.guix-profile/etc/profile.d/flatpak.sh")
"flatpak.sh")))))
)))
```
Alternatively, you can extend `~/.profile`, instead of using `~/.bash_profile`.
```auto
(use-modules (gnu home)
(gnu home services shells)
(guix gexp)
(gnu services))
(home-environment
(services
(list
(simple-service 'flatpak-service
home-shell-profile-service-type
(list (local-file
(string-append (getenv "HOME") "/.guix-profile/etc/profile.d/flatpak.sh")
"flatpak.sh"))))))
```
Then I ran `guix home reconfigure home.scm` and rebooted my system just to be sure.
After all of that, the Flatpak apps now appear in GNOME’s app launcher! 🥳
* * *
The only thing left to address is running the GNOME Software Center GUI app… aaand this I’m not sure about. The original [Flatpak](https://flatpak.org/setup/GNU%20Guix) link says:
> Note: graphical installation of Flatpak apps may not be possible with GNU Guix.
So… maybe this isn’t possible now? I’m totally fine with using `install --user` to install apps.
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### Author:  [@vvr](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/u/vvr)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://forum.systemcrafters.net/t/gnome-software-center-flatpak-support/1702/4 "2025-07-07T20:32:26Z")
well done on solving this 🙂