Cannot still install Flatpak packages

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I am trying install Telegram in Fedora 36 beta like below

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
flatpak install org.telegram.desktop

Get the following error generally solved by adding the remote

error: No remote refs found similar to ‘org.telegram.desktop’

AFAIK there was a Flatpak related bug in Fedora 36beta, but it should be solved by now, since I have the latest updates.

How could I fix this? Seems like

remote-add

was not successful.

2

The instructions on FlatHub say the command is:

$ flatpak install flathub org.telegram.desktop
3

For some reason flathub is disabled after installation on Fedora 36 Beta:

$ flatpak remotes --show-disabled
Name           Options
fedora         system,oci
fedora-testing system,disabled,oci
flathub        system,disabled

Enable it:

$ flatpak remote-modify --enable flathub

Then the installation is possible.

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❯ flatpak install flathub org.telegram.desktop
Looking for matches…
error: Unable to load summary from remote flathub: Can't fetch summary from disabled remote ‘flathub’
5

Thanks, it worked!

6

Still applies to Fedora 37, returns the same error when attempting to install packages from Flathub until enabling the remote.

error: Unable to load summary from remote flathub: Can't fetch summary from disabled remote ‘flathub’
7

Quite normal and not an error.
Enabling the remote is the same as enabling a repo for dnf. Without enabling it the remote site is not accessible for installing the flatpak.