On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 9:34 PM, Pascal de Bruijn <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Ok, brainfart detected :) That last bit was just nonsensical. You'd actually need to change Exec=darktable %U TryExec=darktable To say /opt/darktable/bin/darktable instead of darktable in: /usr/share/applications/darktable.desktop Regards, Pascal de Bruijn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb _______________________________________________ Darktable-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-users
