NAME
flatpak-pin - Pin runtimes to prevent automatic removal
SYNOPSIS
flatpak pin [OPTION...] PATTERN...
DESCRIPTION
Flatpak maintains a list of patterns that define which refs are pinned. A pinned ref will never be automatically uninstalled (as are unused runtimes periodically). This can be useful if for example you are using a runtime for development purposes.
Runtimes that are explicitly installed, rather than installed as a dependency of something else, are automatically pinned.
The patterns are just a partial ref, with the * character matching anything within that part of the ref. Only runtimes can be pinned, not apps. Here are some example patterns:
org.some.Runtime org.some.Runtime//unstable runtime/org.domain.* org.some.Runtime/arm
To list the current set of pins, run this command without any patterns.
OPTIONS
The following options are understood:
- -h, --help
-
Show help options and exit.
- --remove
-
Instead of adding the patterns, remove matching patterns.
- -u, --user
-
Pin refs in a per-user installation.
- --system
-
Pin refs in the default system-wide installation.
- --installation=NAME
-
Pin refs in a system-wide installation specified by NAME among those defined in /etc/flatpak/installations.d/. Using --installation=default is equivalent to using --system.
- -v, --verbose
-
Print debug information during command processing.
EXAMPLES
$ flatpak pin
$ flatpak pin org.freedesktop.Platform//19.08
$ flatpak pin --remove org.freedesktop.Platform//19.08