App Image Desktop File Creator

Nuget Package for creating .desktop files for Linux .AppImage files. Can be used with PupNet-Deploy for single file .net applications that will automatically add themselves to the menu.

Basic Usage

if (!DesktopFileCreator.CheckIfDesktopFileExists("org.mattequalscoder.example"))
{
    var assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
    return new DesktopFileBuilder("org.mattequalscoder.example", "Example App")
        .AddDescription("Example of .desktop files for AppImages")
        .AddCategory(DesktopFileCategories.Development)
        .AddWindowClass("Example")
        .AddIcon(assembly, "Example.Assets.icon.16.png", 16)
        .AddIcon(assembly, "Example.Assets.icon.32.png", 32)
        .AddIcon(assembly, "Example.Assets.icon.48.png", 48)
        .AddIcon(assembly, "Example.Assets.icon.256.png", 256)
        .AddIcon(assembly, "Example.Assets.icon.svg")
        .AddUninstallAction(Directories.BaseFolder)
        .Build();
}

Directories

The following directories are used:

• ~/.local/share/applications - This is where the .desktop file is created
• ~/.icons - This is where svg icon files are placed
• ~/.icons/hicolor/<imagesize>/apps - This is where sized png files are placed
• ~/.local/share/app-image-uninstalls - If the uninstall action is requested, this is where the bash file is created