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I want to uninstall packages and reinstall them in user mode. I have a manually edited list made with flatpak list, where the first word of the line is the complete name of the package.

I can make a script that prints the names, they are correct. I can execute flatpak uninstall manually on those names and it works.

However, when I run the following loop (I removed the installation part for clarity), the script doesn't give me a choice and answers all the prompts in the negative:

#!/bin/bash
while read line
do
app_name=$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $1}')
flatpak uninstall --delete-data "$app_name"
done < flatpaklist.txt

And here is the kind of output I get:

        ID                                                 Branch           Op
 1.     io.github.Figma_Linux.figma_linux                  stable           r
 2.     io.github.Figma_Linux.figma_linux.Locale           stable           r
 3.     org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default                20.08            r
 4.     org.freedesktop.Platform.Locale                    20.08            r
 5.     org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel               20.08            r
 6.     org.freedesktop.Platform                           20.08            r

Proceed with these changes to the system installation? [Y/n]: n
Similar installed refs found for ‘org.freedesktop.Platform’:


    

  1. runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/20.08 (system)
    2. 

  2. runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/22.08 (system)
    3. 

  3. All of the above
    4. 



Which do you want to use (0 to abort)? [0-3]: 0
error: No ref chosen to resolve matches for ‘org.freedesktop.Platform’
Similar installed refs found for ‘org.freedesktop.Platform’:


    

  1. runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/20.08 (system)
    2. 

  2. runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform/x86_64/22.08 (system)
    3. 

  3. All of the above
    4. 



Which do you want to use (0 to abort)? [0-3]: 0
error: No ref chosen to resolve matches for ‘org.freedesktop.Platform’
Similar installed refs found for ‘org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default’:


    

  1. runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/22.08-extra (system)
    2. 

  2. runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/22.08 (system)
    3. 

  3. runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/21.08 (system)
    4. 

  4. runtime/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.default/x86_64/20.08 (system)
    5. 

  5. All of the above
    6.

As you can see, the answer "n" or "0" has been input. But it's not from me, I got no choice.

I also tried with yes | flatpak uninstall --delete-data "$app_name". When a number is required, it stills automatically answers "0", and when expecting "yes" or "no", it stills answers "n".

Cormor
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