So, I just installed Document Scanner again for the third time. I do not know why, but it keeps disappearing. I can only assume it has something to do with the churn over the V42 release.
So this time I installed it as a user installation instead of system in hopes that will isolate me from stuff going on with the bootc image changes.
How?
I did this by re-installing the flathub remote and giving it another name. There are some kind of filters or something that is preventing me from using the built-in flathub remote. I do not have time to deal with that right now, so…
Install remote
Referring to the docs I did this:
# Note the remote name "uflathub" that does not already exist
flatpak remote-add --user uflathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo --title 'Flathub for User'
Install app as user installation
flatpak install --user uflathub org.gnome.SimpleScan
I hope this will prevent it from being inadvertently removed again. These things always happen at the worst possible time.
I believe this to be one way to prevent flatpaks that are critical to our workflow from being removed out from under us.