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Flatpak is a application packing method available on Linux and provides a separate sandbox environment from the main OS like chroot or a docker container.
## The Manifest file
[Flatpak on Manifests](https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/manifests.html)
More on: [Flatpak Manifests](https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/manifests.html)
The manifest is an `.yml` with a set of instructions to tell the flatpak-builder cli tool how to build the flatpak from the modules in the yml.
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Even the core application it self is a module inside the flatpak that needs to be defined.
### RetroDECK: net.retrodeck.retrodeck.yml
### RetroDECK: Manifest
RetroDECK flatpak's name is `net.retrodeck.retrodeck` and it's defined in the manifest file.
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- Patchnotes
- Etc...
### RetroDECK: net.retrodeck.retrodeck.appdata.xml
### RetroDECK: Appdata file
[net.retrodeck.retrodeck.appdata.xml](https://github.com/XargonWan/RetroDECK/blob/main/net.retrodeck.retrodeck.appdata.xml) on our GitHub repository's root.
## Permissions
Additional permissions arguments can be defined in the manifest to give access to several features of the hostsystem. Flatpak developers are always adding new permissions but the goal of a flatpak it should only request as much as it needs and not be over permissive .
More on [Sandbox Permissions Reference](https://docs.flatpak.org/en/latest/sandbox-permissions-reference.html)
Additional permissions arguments can be defined in the manifest to give access to several features of the hostsystem. Flatpak developers are always adding new permissions but the goal of a flatpak it should only request as much as it needs and not be over permissive .
All permissions can be even overridden by the user doing cli commands or using flatseal to add more permissions.
Example arguments: