Flatpak: Question: what is sideload ?

[rffontenelle]

I'm updating Flatpak translation and came across with the new term sideload in source strings, which I don't fully understand. What is sideload in Flatpak, and what is it for? Thanks in advance

[mwleeds]

When you put apps and/or runtimes on a USB drive using flatpak create-usb, you can later install them from the USB, "sideload" them, by adding a symbolic link to the USB mount in /var/lib/flatpak/sideload-repos or /run/flatpak/sideload-repos and then doing the install/update. See man flatpak. Or you can use the --sideload-repo option for flatpak install or flatpak update.

It's not a new feature, but it's been rewritten and renamed, and used to work differently.

[mwleeds]

I guess we should add a TRANSLATORS: comment in the source for this.

[milotype]

@rffontenelle Don't know if it helps, but I've translated the term as "local download" in Croatian. (I'm not a technician nor programmer)

[rffontenelle]

@mwleeds My question was answer. May I close this or you want to keep it to add a TRANSLATORS: comment at some point?

[mwleeds]

Let's leave it open to be closed by #3579