How to install Glimpse on a Chromebook


Today we are looking at how to install Glimpse on a Chromebook.  Please follow the video/audio guide as a tutorial where we explain the process step by step and use the commands below.

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Update: with the release of Chrome OS 96, the Linux container on a Chromebook has been upgraded to a newer version.  Because of this, we need to run one additional command for the application to work, we added it to the list of commands.

Commands Used:
1) sudo apt update
2) sudo apt install flatpak
3) sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
4) sudo flatpak install flathub org.glimpse_editor.Glimpse
5) sudo chown root:root /usr/bin/bwrap && sudo chmod u+s /usr/bin/bwrap


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