# Plex HTPC/Desktop Flatpak **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Players\ **Tags:** player-linux\ **Created:** [June 1, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-desktop-flatpak/795247 "2022-06-01T16:39:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sycolth1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sycolth1/32/116747_2.png) [@sycolth1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sycolth1)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-desktop-flatpak/795247/1 "2022-06-01T16:39:07Z")
Hi, still a work in progress, but I’ve created 2 flatpaks for the linux clients. [https://github.com/syco/plex-htpc-flatpak](https://github.com/syco/plex-htpc-flatpak) [https://github.com/syco/plex-desktop-flatpak](https://github.com/syco/plex-desktop-flatpak) I’ve also uploaded them to my personal repo, in case someone wants to test. [https://syco-flatpak.gitlab.io/repo/](https://syco-flatpak.gitlab.io/repo/) Any contribution or suggestion or bugfix in github is more than welcome. Have fun! ---
**Author:** ![DJViking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DJViking](https://forums.plex.tv/u/DJViking)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-desktop-flatpak/795247/2 "2022-06-02T20:46:06Z")
Is this an unofficial build? I was under the impression that Plex themself would release the Plex App for Linux on Flatpak at some later time. ---
**Author:** ![hsousa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hsousa/32/246565_2.png) [@hsousa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hsousa)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-desktop-flatpak/795247/3 "2022-06-02T20:48:11Z")
We will. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![sycolth1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sycolth1/32/116747_2.png) [@sycolth1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sycolth1)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-desktop-flatpak/795247/4 "2022-06-02T21:03:26Z")
It is unofficial and it doesn’t work very well just yet. But I don’t trust that “We will” will be any time soon (sorry, but that’s how it always goes), so if I can make it work I will. ---
**Author:** ![tamas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tamas/32/96855_2.png) [@tamas](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tamas)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-desktop-flatpak/795247/5 "2022-06-03T08:22:27Z")
Hi! Plex HTPC is in a draft PR on flathub and I’m working on it right now: [Add Plex HTPC by sztomi · Pull Request #3224 · flathub/flathub · GitHub](https://github.com/flathub/flathub/pull/3224/files) Also, you are welcome to create your own rendition of flatpaks (regardless of release dates of the official ones), but please do not use the `tv.plex` reverse domain for the ID because it will clash with the official packages. ---
**Author:** ![sycolth1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sycolth1/32/116747_2.png) [@sycolth1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sycolth1)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-desktop-flatpak/795247/6 "2022-06-03T09:18:48Z")
You are doing this quicker than I expected, I’ll give you that… It won’t cause conflicts, as this is not published on fluthub, and not visible unless you knowingly add my repository. But, I’ll remove the repositories later. ---
**Author:** ![tamas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tamas/32/96855_2.png) [@tamas](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tamas)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-desktop-flatpak/795247/7 "2022-06-03T09:32:56Z")
It causes conflicts and confusion if someone tries to install both (for example, the official one from flathub and yours from some other source). It is also not a domain that you control which I believe is a requirement for flatpak IDs. So please, just change it, no harm in using something else (this is very common for unofficial packages). ---
**Author:** ![sycolth1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/sycolth1/32/116747_2.png) [@sycolth1](https://forums.plex.tv/u/sycolth1)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-desktop-flatpak/795247/8 "2022-06-03T10:04:16Z")
I removed them as I’m not trying to be difficult, but I hope you understand that you can’t control how many unofficial repositories there are out there, and you can’t control what people call their apps, and you can’t control who uses those unofficial apps from unofficial repos. Said so, it’s all gone. I’ll gladly use the official package since it’s available. ---
**Author:** ![tamas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tamas/32/96855_2.png) [@tamas](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tamas)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-desktop-flatpak/795247/9 "2022-06-03T10:10:46Z")
You are completely misunderstanding what I asked you. We have no problems with unofficial packages, you don’t need to shut down your project. I **only** asked you to use a flatpak ID that’s different from `tv.plex.XYZ` because that is what the official IDs are going to be for these and any future flatpaks. It is in the best interest of users to be able to tell if a package is an official one or not. And yes, we have no control over what IDs people use, that is why I _asked_ you to please use something else for the ID. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-htpc-desktop-flatpak/795247/10 "2022-09-01T10:11:45Z")
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