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Ubuntu

configuring a flatpak app (BlackBox) as the default terminal

yuvi

7/26/24, 2:52 PM

So I recently installed the BlackBox terminal. I like it, and would like to set it as the default terminal. However, it's installed through flatpak and when I try running sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator it does not appear as an option:

I saw that you can register new terminals with the command:

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator x-terminal-emulator /path/to/emulator 1

But when I looked into what path is used to run Black Box, I found this:

/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=blackbox com.raggesilver.BlackBox

So how do I configure this as an alternative? Is it even possible?

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Ubuntu

Martynas Petuška

8/1/24, 8:56 AM

Got it to work with some dirty hacks, here's how:

Create a bootstrap script

echo > /usr/local/bin/blackbox <<EOF
#!/usr/bin/env bash
/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command="blackbox" com.raggesilver.BlackBox
EOF
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/blackbox

Install said script as alternative

sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator x-terminal-emulator /usr/local/bin/blackbox 1

Select it as default:

sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator

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yuvi

8/1/24, 12:53 PM

That's not really dirty that's a pretty sensible solution! For some reason external software still opens up the default terminal when I try to run it, but this is the correct answer for sure

ddxv

8/2/24, 9:24 AM

This solution worked great. Some apps still default to gnome-terminal based on Default Applications, but this still is mostly what I needed!

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Ubuntu

Yevgeniy Muratshayev

7/30/24, 7:40 AM

Can my example help you? I set up BlackBox launch via standard hotkeys. I went into settings -> search -> key -> custom -> new command flatpak run com.raggesilver.BlackBox and set CtrlAltT (for Ubuntu)

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yuvi

7/30/24, 8:42 AM

That is helpful yes, but I'd like the system to recognize it as I'm often using tools like docker-desktop which has stuff like "launch external terminal" for containers and such. I want to tell the system to use it by default.

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