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NyneR
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 Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:42 am Post subject: [SOLVED] Keep desktop file changes on update |
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Hello everyone,
I'm trying to use with programs like and browsers.
So I edited the desktop files in | Code: | | /usr/share/applications |
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When I prepend "apulse" to the "Exec" field it works as expected.
However as soon as I update the program via portage the desktop file gets overwritten again.
Is there a way to keep the changes or at least get a merging dialog like with etc-update?
Thanks in advance,
NyneR
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netfab
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| Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
You should do this instead :
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# mkdir -p /usr/local/share/applications
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and copy your modified desktop file to that directory.
Edit: to be more precise, the spec. says :
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Desktop File ID
Each desktop entry representing an application is identified by its desktop file ID, which is based on its filename.
To determine the ID of a desktop file, make its full path relative to the $XDG_DATA_DIRS component in which the desktop file is installed, remove the "applications/" prefix, and turn '/' into '-'.
For example /usr/share/applications/foo/bar.desktop has the desktop file ID foo-bar.desktop.
If multiple files have the same desktop file ID, the first one in the $XDG_DATA_DIRS precedence order is used.
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On my system :
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$ env | grep DATA_DIRS
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/local/share:/usr/share:/usr/share
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NyneR
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| Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 12:48 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks!
I tried it with | Code: | | /usr/local/share/applications |
but it did not apply the changes on my system.
Instead I used | Code: | | ~/.local/share/applications |
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It works now. |
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netfab
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| Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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| NyneR wrote: |
I tried it with | Code: | | /usr/local/share/applications |
but it did not apply the changes on my system.
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I guess it must depend on your desktop.
Here under Xfce it works. |
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