hiph...@openmailbox.org (2018-08-11 19:46 +0000) wrote: > 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?
Probably XDG_DATA_DIRS, although it should be set appropriately if you source your ~/.guix-profile/etc/profile -- Alex
