Re: [Geary] conflicts between flatpack installation and installed Geary

[Michael Gratton <mike vee net>]

W dniu Wed, 13 Dec 2017 o 18∶41 użytkownik Federico Bruni 
<fede inventati org> napisał:
> Well, I guess that .desktop files in /var/lib/flatpak have precedence 
> over those in /usr/local:

Yeah, that is a Shell/Software/Flatpak issue.

You can choose which to launch from the command line:

 /usr/bin/geary

vs:

 flatpak run org.gnome.Geary


> >
> 1. When I launched it (flatpak run ...) I had to add my account from 
> scratch.
> >
> But I see that my regular geary folders were untouched. In fact I can 
> still access them if I run Geary from the terminal.
> >
> So I wonder where flatpak app store their data...
> >

Flatpak puts everything under ~/.var/APP_ID:

> mjg@payens:~$ ls /home/mjg/.var/app/org.gnome.Geary
> cache  config  data

This is why you don't get existing accounts showing up if you install 
the Flatpak version.

//Mike

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