Integrate self-installed software into a FreeDesktop system.
This script creates a desktop entry and a launcher script placed into the PATH
for any of your self-installed applications. This is mainly useful for software
not coming from package repositories.
- Download the latest compiled script.
- Make the script executable.
- Move it somewhere into your
PATH.
Enter the commands below in a terminal to perform those steps:
wget https://github.com/Calinou/integrate/releases/download/continuous/integrate
chmod +x integrate
sudo mv integrate /usr/local/bin/
- Done! See the Usage section below for usage instructions.
- Install Argbash somewhere in your
PATH. - Clone this repository or download a ZIP archive.
- Change into the repository's root directory then type
make && sudo make install. - Done! See the Usage section below for usage instructions.
integrate path/to/program
The program will ask you a few questions, such as the application name and an optional comment. The path to the application binary or script can be absolute or relative, it bears no importance on the final result.
Copyright © 2018 Hugo Locurcio and contributors
- Unless otherwise specified, files in this repository are licensed under the MIT license, see LICENSE.md for more information.
- Argbash is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause license.