Provide .local/share/applications support for linkapps command

[alekseysidorov]

Many desktop environments read a .desktop files from this directory and add them to the start menu. They also can be associated with the mime types.

[sjackman]

Yep, it's a good idea, though I probably won't tackle it myself. I don't use GUI apps in Linuxbrew myself. I'll leave this open as a "wishlist" feature. Perhaps someone else will take it on.

[DoomHammer]

One question, though. Don't desktop apps require Xorg which are currently unsupported (or at least used to be few days ago)?

[sjackman]

X.Org is soon going to be supported in Linuxbrew by the work of @maxim-belkin and @rwhogg in https://github.com/Linuxbrew/homebrew-xorg. Try brew install linuxbrew/xorg/xorg

[DoomHammer]

That's what I am planning to do :)

[DoomHammer]

Tried xsane with linuxbrew/xorg/xorg and it seems to be working fine.

Proof:

ldd `which xsane`
        linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fff10bf7000)
        libsane.so.1 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libsane.so.1 (0x00007fac91a8e000)
        libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fac914b3000)
        libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fac91211000)
        libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fac91005000)
        libatk-1.0.so.0 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libatk-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fac90de2000)
        libcairo.so.2 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libcairo.so.2 (0x00007fac90b06000)
        libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libgdk_pixbuf-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fac908e9000)
        libgio-2.0.so.0 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libgio-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fac90597000)
        libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libpangoft2-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fac90383000)
        libpango-1.0.so.0 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libpango-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fac90141000)
        libgobject-2.0.so.0 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fac8ff02000)
        libglib-2.0.so.0 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fac8fbfc000)
        libfontconfig.so.1 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libfontconfig.so.1 (0x00007fac8f9c8000)
        libfreetype.so.6 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00007fac8f742000)
        libpng16.so.16 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libpng16.so.16 (0x00007fac8f519000)
        libtiff.so.5 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libtiff.so.5 (0x00007fac8f2b5000)
        libjpeg.so.8 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libjpeg.so.8 (0x00007fac8f085000)
        libz.so.1 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libz.so.1 (0x00007fac8ee72000)
        libm.so.6 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007fac8eb82000)
        libc.so.6 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007fac8e80a000)
        libdl.so.2 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fac8e606000)
        libusb-0.1.so.4 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libusb-0.1.so.4 (0x00007fac8e402000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fac8e1e6000)
        libXrender.so.1 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libXrender.so.1 (0x00007fac8dfde000)
        libXinerama.so.1 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libXinerama.so.1 (0x00007fac8dddc000)
        libXrandr.so.2 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libXrandr.so.2 (0x00007fac8dbd3000)
        libXcursor.so.1 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libXcursor.so.1 (0x00007fac8d9ca000)
        libXext.so.6 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x00007fac8d7bb000)
        libgmodule-2.0.so.0 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fac8d5b8000)
        libX11.so.6 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00007fac8d29c000)
        libXcomposite.so.1 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libXcomposite.so.1 (0x00007fac8d09a000)
        libXdamage.so.1 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libXdamage.so.1 (0x00007fac8ce98000)
        libXfixes.so.3 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libXfixes.so.3 (0x00007fac8cc93000)
        libgthread-2.0.so.0 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fac8ca92000)
        libharfbuzz.so.0 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libharfbuzz.so.0 (0x00007fac8c848000)
        libpixman-1.so.0 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libpixman-1.so.0 (0x00007fac8c5ca000)
        libxcb-shm.so.0 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libxcb-shm.so.0 (0x00007fac8c3c8000)
        libxcb-render.so.0 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libxcb-render.so.0 (0x00007fac8c1c0000)
        libxcb.so.1 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007fac8bfa3000)
        librt.so.1 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/librt.so.1 (0x00007fac8bd9b000)
        libresolv.so.2 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libresolv.so.2 (0x00007fac8bb86000)
        libffi.so.6 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libffi.so.6 (0x00007fac8b97f000)
        libexpat.so.1 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libexpat.so.1 (0x00007fac8b75c000)
        libbz2.so.1.0 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libbz2.so.1.0 (0x00007fac8b54a000)
        /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/ld.so (0x00007fac91cb0000)
        libusb-1.0.so.0 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libusb-1.0.so.0 (0x00007fac8b335000)
        libXau.so.6 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libXau.so.6 (0x00007fac8b133000)
        libXdmcp.so.6 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007fac8af2e000)
        libudev.so.1 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libudev.so.1 (0x00007fac91e9c000)
        libcap.so.2 => /home/doomhammer/.linuxbrew/lib/libcap.so.2 (0x00007fac8ad2a000)

[sjackman]

Wow, that's a lot of deps!

[DoomHammer]

¯_(ツ)_/¯ mostly graphics stuff, I'd guess. Painting those rectangles on them monitors ain't an easy job...

[DoomHammer]

Good news: setting XDG_DATA_DIRS=$(brew --prefix)/share:$XDG_DATA_DIRS and running update-desktop-database when you install a GUI app should do the Trick for all xdg-compliant DEs. Not sure as yet when it should be set as it is probably read during DEs startup.

[sjackman]

If XDG_DATA_DIRS were added to the Linuxbrew environment, you could also run

brew sh <<<"update-desktop-database"

[DoomHammer]

setup_build_environment in Library/Homebrew/extend/ENV/std.rb should be OK for that?

[sjackman]

Yep. That would be fine.

[DoomHammer]

@sjackman could you migrate it to linuxbrew/brew?

[sjackman]

You can migrate issues using https://github-issue-mover.appspot.com

[DoomHammer]

This issue was moved to Linuxbrew/brew#30

[DoomHammer]

Splendid tool, thanks @sjackman !

[sjackman]

Use Lock conversation once you've moved the issue.