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title: Install flatpak-extract on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of flatpak-extract for Linux - a CLI utility for
  extracting .flatpak files
url: https://snapcraft.io/flatpak-extract
---

# flatpak-extract

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* [Fave Oled (readableauthor)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/readableauthor "View all snaps from Fave Oled (readableauthor)")
* [Utilities](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=utilities)

latest/stable 1.0.0

Install latest/stable of flatpak-extract

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install flatpak-extract
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* flatpak-extract

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 9 January 2026 - latest/stable

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### Source code

* [github.com/faveoled/flatpak-extract](https://github.com/faveoled/flatpak-extract "https://github.com/faveoled/flatpak-extract")

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* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/flatpak-extract#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/flatpak-extract#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/flatpak-extract#tab-security)

#### a CLI utility for extracting .flatpak files

Manual:

```
usage: flatpak-extract [-h] [--outdir OUTDIR] [--tmpdir TMPDIR] filename

Extracts a .flatpak file.

positional arguments:
  filename         Path to the input .flatpak file.

options:
  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
  --outdir OUTDIR  Directory to write the content into. (has default)
  --tmpdir TMPDIR  Temporary directory for the OSTree repository. (has default)
```

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## Install flatpak-extract on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/flatpak-extract/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/flatpak-extract/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/flatpak-extract/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/flatpak-extract/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/flatpak-extract/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/flatpak-extract/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/flatpak-extract/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/flatpak-extract/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/flatpak-extract/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/flatpak-extract/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/flatpak-extract/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/flatpak-extract/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/flatpak-extract/raspbian)