Modifying systemd services of flatpak applications

[zorael]

Whenever a flatpak is started from within KDE, it is run in a systemd service.

app-org.qbittorrent.qBittorrent@56cc9817d0014ddcbcc83f0a107e3d5d.service loaded active running qBittorrent - BitTorrent client

I'm not sure how that works. They're template units and seem to be instantiated on demand.

Is it possible to make a drop-in override file (name.service.d/override.conf) for those kinds of units, such as you can do with "normal" services?

$ systemctl --user edit app-org.qbittorrent.qBittorrent@
No files found for app-org.qbittorrent.qBittorrent@.service.
Run 'systemctl edit --user --force --full app-org.qbittorrent.qBittorrent@.service' to create a new unit.

Concretely I'd like to add a PathExists= directive.

[renner0e]

What problem do you actually want to solve here?

[zorael]

I wish to limit an application (qBittorrent) from starting when a path is unavailable. Concretely; a vault is unmounted.

I can script it, but I know PathExists= is a thing and had hoped to make use of it.

[renner0e]

Did you set it to autostart by any chance

[zorael]

No, that would naturally never work and it would always start with the vault unmounted.