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by: InThech - Sat, 6 Aug 2022 09:44 UTC

~$ cat .local/share/applications/test.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=test123
Exec=echo TEST
Type=Application

https://pasteboard.co/fuNEb9CLBHtO.png
OK, it appear.

~$ mv -i .local/share/applications/test.desktop /var/tmp/applications/
~$ sudo mount --bind /var/tmp/applications .local/share/applications

https://pasteboard.co/sIc4BYAEH64I.png
It does not appear.

Why?

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by: InThech - Sat, 6 Aug 2022 11:25 UTC

Il 06/08/22 11:44, InThech ha scritto:
> ~$ cat .local/share/applications/test.desktop
> [Desktop Entry]
> Name=test123
> Exec=echo TEST
> Type=Application
>
> https://pasteboard.co/fuNEb9CLBHtO.png
> OK, it appear.
>
> ~$ mv -i .local/share/applications/test.desktop /var/tmp/applications/
> ~$ sudo mount --bind /var/tmp/applications .local/share/applications
>
> https://pasteboard.co/sIc4BYAEH64I.png
> It does not appear.
>
> Why?

SUBJECT CORRECTION:
Replace *appear* with *not appear*

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by: Jonathan N. Little - Sat, 6 Aug 2022 15:37 UTC

InThech wrote:
> Il 06/08/22 11:44, InThech ha scritto:
>> ~$ cat .local/share/applications/test.desktop
>> [Desktop Entry]
>> Name=test123
>> Exec=echo TEST
>> Type=Application
>>
>> https://pasteboard.co/fuNEb9CLBHtO.png
>> OK, it appear.
>>
>> ~$ mv -i .local/share/applications/test.desktop /var/tmp/applications/
>> ~$ sudo mount --bind /var/tmp/applications .local/share/applications

Don't do this. Install custom app shortcuts in your own profile, not at
the system level because (especially if this is a modified version of a
system app) would be replaced after app update.

>>
>> https://pasteboard.co/sIc4BYAEH64I.png
>> It does not appear.
>>
>> Why?
>
> SUBJECT CORRECTION:
> Replace *appear* with *not appear*

The correct way to do this is with a command, that "registers" the
..desktop shortcut. Also you can use commands to validate and fix any
errors possibly in your custom .desktop file.

You were correct the .desktop file does belongs in
~/.local/share/applications. Here is a better way to accomplish this:

1) Compose .desktop file temporally in an easily accessible directory,
not directly in the hidden ~/.local/share/applications

ex. ~/MyCustomizations/test.desktop

2) Validate its format to make sure you haven't made any boo-boos with:

desktop-file-validate ~/MyCustomizations/test.desktop

3) If is passes then install it into ~/.local/share/applications/ with:
(note this is a one line command, ignore the wrap)

desktop-file-install --dir=~/.local/share/applications
~/MyCustomizations/test.desktop

4) Now you will see the "app" in your app search. Also you now have a
handy copy in ~/MyCustomizations/ for anytime you want to make
modifications.

--
Take care,

Jonathan
-------------------
LITTLE WORKS STUDIO
http://www.LittleWorksStudio.com

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by: InThech - Mon, 8 Aug 2022 11:23 UTC

Il 06/08/22 17:37, Jonathan N. Little ha scritto:
> desktop-file-install --dir=~/.local/share/applications
> ~/MyCustomizations/test.desktop

$ desktop-file-install --dir=~/.local/share/applications
tor-translate.desktop
$ ls ~/.local/share/applications/tor-translate.desktop
ls: impossibile accedere a
'/home/rino/.local/share/applications/tor-translate.desktop': File o
directory non esistente

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by: Jonathan N. Little - Mon, 8 Aug 2022 16:50 UTC

InThech wrote:
> Il 06/08/22 17:37, Jonathan N. Little ha scritto:
>> desktop-file-install --dir=~/.local/share/applications
>> ~/MyCustomizations/test.desktop
>
> $ desktop-file-install --dir=~/.local/share/applications
> tor-translate.desktop
> $ ls ~/.local/share/applications/tor-translate.desktop
> ls: impossibile accedere a
> '/home/rino/.local/share/applications/tor-translate.desktop': File o
> directory non esistente
>

Sorry I think you have to specify either absolute path:

/home/rino/.local/share/applications

or:

relative to PWD but do not use '~/'

Okay just confirm it:

~/$ mkdir demo
~/$ cd demo
~/demo$ nano demo.desktop
~/demo$ cat demo.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Demo
Exec=zenity --info --text="Hello World!"
Type=Application

# Okay now I will validate it:
~/demo$ desktop-file-validate demo.desktop

# It returns nothing so all is well. You can add something like
BadParam=bogus to the file and desktop-file-validate will show you your
error.

~/demo$ pwd
/home/jonathan/demo
~/demo$ ls
'~' demo.desktop

# Just showing you where I am in this subdirectory with the demo.desktop
file, now let's try and install it using '~/':

~/demo$ desktop-file-install --dir=~/.local/share/applications demo.desktop

~/demo$ ls ~/.local/share/applications/demo.desktop
ls: cannot access
'/home/jonathan/.local/share/applications/demo.desktop': No such file or
directory

# Confirms that this does not work, but if I use a relative path as so:

~/demo$ desktop-file-install --dir=../.local/share/applications demo.desktop

~/demo$ ls ~/.local/share/applications/demo.desktop
/home/jonathan/.local/share/applications/demo.desktop

# There we go, the .desktop file is installed. Also I could of course
use the absolute path.

HTH

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Take care,

Jonathan
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by: InThech - Tue, 9 Aug 2022 09:40 UTC

Subject	Author
desktop entry appear with ~/.local/share/applications binding	InThech
Re: desktop entry appear with ~/.local/share/applications binding	InThech
Re: desktop entry appear with ~/.local/share/applications binding	Jonathan N. Little
Re: desktop entry appear with ~/.local/share/applications binding	InThech
Re: desktop entry appear with ~/.local/share/applications binding	Jonathan N. Little
Re: desktop entry appear with ~/.local/share/applications binding	InThech
Crosspost in alt.os.linux	Marco Moock