Flatsweep Cleans Leftover Data from Uninstalled Flatpaks

BaconIsAVeg , 10 months ago

Just don’t use flatpaks. Problem solved.

Pollux , 10 months ago

Been using it and it works wonderfully :) cut my flatpak folder 9gb to around 5gb :P

Lammy , 10 months ago

Typical fedora strategy; make something that doesn’t work and have other people fix it

GustavoM , 10 months ago

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2c400d41-c9e9-4982-bc57-2593d3a32e9a.mp4

ShiningWing , 10 months ago

Huh? It does work lol, there’s flatpak uninstall --unused --delete-data (and you can also pass –delete-data when uninstalling individual Flatpaks, to be more selective), this is just someone’s new GUI app to do the same thing, and you could already do it through KDE Discover for example

madmonki , 10 months ago

KDE’s Discover has a button for that. I always delete the app and leftovers from there.

visnudeva , 10 months ago

Great thing, flatpak is litterally the heaviest folder on my system, and UI are great for those who are not used to the terminal commands.

inspxtr , 10 months ago

what’s the difference between flatsweep and using flatpak uninstall —unused —delete-data?

InverseParallax , 10 months ago

Yeah, that’s my question, why is this a problem?!?!

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giantpinkrobots , 10 months ago

Hey, definitely not the original developer here. I’m sure they’d be very embarassed to learn about this command after making an app that does the same thing! I don’t know for sure though, as I am definitely not them, haha.

jerb , 10 months ago

I think there’s still value in it from being a DE-agnostic GUI solution, for what it’s worth.

vox , 10 months ago

I’m pretty sure that command is for deleting unused apps (and their data) and flatsweep is for removing leftover data after removal…
like there’s probably no need for it if you pass delete data every time you remove a flatpak

s20 , 10 months ago

It’s a GUI. That’d be the difference. It’s the same tool for folks who aren’t comfortable on the command line.

Like it or not, for wider adoption we need GUI solutions for things like this. You clearly don’t need it, so don’t install it. Problem solved.

inspxtr , 10 months ago

lol I know it’s a GUI. I asked not to be snarky but to know whether functionally they do the same thing, so I/people who have used the CLI can evaluate whether we miss anything when using that command.