From: lws4art@gmail.com   
      
   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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