On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 9:30 PM, Francesco Scaglioni <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> ,------[ Pascal said ::  ]
> | > That has nothing to do with Unity. When you install darktable with
> | > /opt as PREFIX we logically install the .desktop file to
> | > /opt/share/applications where desktops don't look (they look in
> | > /usr/share/applications), so this has absolutely nothing to do with
> | > Unity at all. This behavior is totally expected and happens across all
> | > proper desktops. But I guess blaming completely random issues on Unity
> | > is becoming some sort of sport these days.
> | >
> | > BTW, we install to /opt/ by default to prevent conflicts with package
> | > managed versions of Darktable, so people don't accidentally mess up
> | > their systems.
> `------
>
> Thanks so much for sorting out the build issue.  The GIT
> install was the easiest compile and install I have ever done
> which is a credit to the devs and to those who write
> instructions on the site.

:)

> I hadn't intended to bash Unity,

Frustration gets to all of us at some point :)

> am just not used to
> exporting extensions to $PATH and then finding that there
> are multifarious hoops to jump through to get the new stuff
> integrated in to the desktop (memo to me : go back to a CLI
> and forget desktops).

No need for $PATH, just:

# first backup the old one from the package:
sudo mv /usr/share/applications/darktable.desktop /root/darktable.desktop
# then replace it:
sudo mv /opt/darktable/share/applications/darktable.desktop
/usr/share/applications/darktable.desktop

Do note that such a replacement gets wiped after the package is
updated. You'd need to use dpkg-divert to something like that
persistent.

Regards,
Pascal de Bruijn

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