Linux Administration Cookbook

Running our package

Once the installation is complete, you can run your new version of Vim:

$ flatpak run org.vim.Vim

The package identifier is in three parts: usually org/com.<company or team>.<app name>.

It's not the prettiest command, but it will drop you into the tried and true text editor, as follows:

If we look at the versions of the Flatpak installation and the native Vim install, we can see the difference:

$ flatpak run org.vim.Vim --version | head -n3VIM - Vi IMproved 8.1 (2018 May 18, compiled Oct  1 2018 10:15:08)Included patches: 1-443Compiled by buildbot$ vim --version | head -n3VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Apr ...