[Qgis-user] flatpak qgis on CentOS 7 hangs on Project Save after displaying dbus error

[Todd Pfaff]

On Mon, 2 Nov 2020, Nyall Dawson wrote:

> Just a heads-up -- neither the Flatpak nor anaconda releases are
> supported by QGIS.org. For all support for these you'd need to reach
> out to their corresponding communities, not the upstream QGIS support
> platforms.

Not a problem, I certainly wasn't expecting any support from anyone. 
This isn't my first foss rodeo - been doing this for 30+ years.  I just 
followed up here to close the loop on my original posting and to let 
others know what worked for me.  I'm sure I could install the whole kit 
from source if I still had the patience (and lower workload) that I had 
decades ago.

I may very well later have to use a different installation method if we 
find out that the Anaconda installation isn't up to snuff or is lacking 
features needed by the folks that I support, but we'll cross that bridge 
when it comes.

I wasn't able to find anything about a Flatpak QGIS community, neither 
mentioned on the QGIS installers page which mentions the Flatpak 
installer, nor via google, which I tried that before posting anything to 
this list.  Maybe my google fu is weak.

I wouldn't have even known there was an Anaconda installer for QGIS if I 
hadn't happened to be watching this list and seen the post from another 
user with a Flatpak problem who mentioned the Anaconda installer.

Perhaps someday someone will update the QGIS Installers page and:
- add your "heads up" note to the Flatpak section,
- add an Anaconda section,
- add your "heads up" note to the Anaconda section,
- replace or augment the ancient RHEL/CentOS section with suggestions to
   try the Flatpak and Anaconda installers for more current QGIS versions,
   which is known to work as reported by other users on this list but which
   is not supported as per the "heads up notes" in those other section.

cheers,
Todd