flatpak-make-current(1)

flatpak-make-current1

Make a specific version of an app current

Usage

flatpak make-current [OPTION ...] APP BRANCH

Overview

Makes a particular branch of an application current. Only the current branch of an app has its exported files (such as desktop files and icons) made visible to the host.

When a new branch is installed it will automatically be made current, so this command is often not needed.

Unless overridden with the --user or --installation options, this command changes the default system-wide installation.

Options

The following options are understood:

-h, --help

Show help options and exit.

-u, --user

Update a per-user installation.

--system

Update the default system-wide installation.

--installation=NAME

Updates a system-wide installation specified by NAME among those defined in /etc/flatpak/installations.d/. Using --installation=default is equivalent to using --system.

--arch=ARCH

The architecture to make current for. See flatpak --supported-arches for architectures supported by the host.

-v, --verbose

Print debug information during command processing.

--ostree-verbose

Print OSTree debug information during command processing.

Examples

$ flatpak --user make-current org.gnome.gedit 3.14

Releases

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

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

--ostree-verbose since Debian 10 (Buster); -u since Debian 12 (Bookworm).

--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.