flatpak-mask - Man Page

• Ignore updates for a specific flatpak: flatpak mask com.example.app
• Undo ignore updates: flatpak mask --remove com.example.app
• List all currently masked patterns: flatpak mask --system|--user

tldr.sh

flatpak mask [OPTION...] PATTERN...

Flatpak maintains a list of patterns that define which refs are masked​. A masked ref will never be updated or automatically installed (for example a masked extension marked auto-download will not be downloaded)​. You can still manually install such refs, but once they are installed the version will be pinned​.

The patterns are just a partial ref, with the * character matching anything within that part of the ref​. Here are some example patterns:

org​.some​.App
org​.some​.App//unstable
app/org​.domain​.*
org​.some​.App/arm

To list the current set of masks, run this command without any patterns​.

The following options are understood:

-h,  --help

Show help options and exit​.

--remove

Instead of adding the patterns, remove matching patterns​.

-u,  --user

Mask refs in a per-user installation​.

--system

Mask refs in the default system-wide installation​.

--installation=NAME

Mask refs in a system-wide installation specified by NAME among those defined in /etc/flatpak/installations​.d/​. Using --installation=default is equivalent to using --system​.

-v,  --verbose

Print debug information during command processing​.

$ flatpak mask

$ flatpak mask org​.broken​.App

$ flatpak mask --remove org​.broken​.App

flatpak(1), flatpak-update(1),

flatpak(1).