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Discover by KDE is the graphical software manager for KDE Plasma Desktop. Discover by KDE is the graphical software manager for KDE Plasma Desktop.
Adding Flatpak support and the Flathub software repository may be desirable for desktop users, especially on a distribution like debian where all the software tends to stay on older versions for the sake of absolute stability. Adding Flatpak support and the Flathub software repository may be desirable for desktop users, especially on a distribution like debian where all the software tends to stay on older versions for the sake of absolute stability.
There is also a number of programs that may not be packaged by your linux distribution, and may only be available through flathub.
You can add Flatpak support and the Flathub repository with the following steps (tested on debian 13): You can add Flatpak support and the Flathub repository with the following steps (tested on debian 13):
1. Open Discover and select the Settings tab 1. Open Discover and select the Settings tab
2. At the bottom under "Missing Backends" click the install button next to the "Integrates Flatpak Applications into Discover" 2. At the bottom under "Missing Backends" click the install button next to the "Integrates Flatpak Applications into Discover"
3. Once the install is complete you can close and reopen Discover and at the top of settings you should now see "Add Flathub", if not log out and back in. Click this button. 3. Once the install is complete you can close and reopen Discover.
4. Log out and back in, or restart. You should now see flatpak apps, and have the option to install the flatpak version of exisiting apps. 4. At the top of settings you should now see "Add Flathub", if not log out and back in. Click this button.
5. If you wish, under settings you can select "Make Default" next to Flatpak, to always install from flatpak when available. 5. Log out and back in, or restart. You should now see flatpak apps, and have the option to install the flatpak version of exisiting apps.
6. If you wish, under settings you can select "Make Default" next to Flatpak, to always install from flatpak when available.
Note: Flathub packages are not verified for usability or security by the debian maintainers. This is usually not any issue, but something to be aware of. See [above](#flatpak) for more info. Note: Flathub packages are not verified for usability or security by the debian maintainers. This is usually not any issue, but something to be aware of. See [above](#flatpak) for more info.