flatpak-build-import-bundle(1)

flatpak-build-import-bundle1

Import a file bundle into a local repository

Usage

flatpak build-import-bundle [OPTION ...] LOCATION FILENAME

Overview

Imports a bundle from a file named FILENAME into the repository at LOCATION.

The format of the bundle file is that generated by build-bundle.

Options

The following options are understood:

-h, --help

Show help options and exit.

-v, --verbose

Print debug information during command processing.

--ostree-verbose

Print OSTree debug information during command processing.

--ref=REF

Override the ref specified in the bundle.

--oci

Import an OCI image instead of a Flatpak bundle.

--update-appstream

Update the appstream branch after the build.

--no-update-summary

Don't update the summary file after the new commit is added. This means the repository will not be useful for serving over http until build-update-repo has been run. This is useful is you want to do multiple repo operations before finally updating the summary.

--gpg-sign=KEYID

Sign the commit with this GPG key. This option can be used multiple times.

--gpg-homedir=PATH

GPG Homedir to use when looking for keyrings

Releases

6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 9
  2. 10
  3. 11
  4. 12
  5. 13
  6. Arch

--version until Debian 9 (Stretch).

From flatpak 1:1.18.4-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.