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Guix and desktop files
From: |
hiphish |
Subject: |
Guix and desktop files |
Date: |
Sat, 11 Aug 2018 19:46:57 -0000 |
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Hello everyone,
I am using Kubuntu 18.04 and I recently installed Guix as a secondary package
manager. I'm still feeling my way around and I have been wondering whether
the desktop files provided by some applications can be integrated with the
desktop environment.
When I install an application through apt a desktop file is placed in
/usr/share/applications
and the application shows up in my Application menu. Guix has an analogue to
this under
~/.guix-profile/share/applications/
and it contains Gimp at the moment, but I have no idea how to hook this
directory up to the menu. Is there an environment variable like there is for
$PATH? I know I can copy or symlink Guix's desktop file into
~/.local/share/applications/
but this is manual work and the symlinks can become stale.
- Guix and desktop files,
hiphish <=