Kubuntu 20.04 - bad .desktop

[WesR]

The environment variables are not set by default, causing the application not to launch. Also, just having the category "audio" does not add it to the multimedia category, and instead places it into "lost and found". Below is a working config for me.

Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Lyrebird
GenericName=Voice Changer
Icon=/usr/share/lyrebird/icon.png
Exec=/usr/bin/lyrebird
Path=/usr/share/
Terminal=false
Categories=AudioVideo;Audio;

[ghost]

Thanks for this, I'll merge it into the master branch soon. Can I ask what you meant by "environment variables are not set by default" though? To my knowledge Lyrebird doesn't require any environment variables to launch.

[WesR]

The icon, exec, and path part of the .desktop currently use bash variables. These lines in the current one:

Icon=${SHARE_PATH}/icon.png
Exec=${BIN_PATH}/lyrebird
Path=${SHARE_PATH}/

[ghost]

@WesR The .desktop in the master branch is a template to be used with the installer script, each distro package also ships with a modified version. Agreed its not clear enough and will add a note to the README.

[WesR]

Sounds good. I would recommend that Categories=AudioVideo;Audio; gets updated in the template.

Also, that the variables be replaced in the .deb build.

[ghost]

Also, that the variables be replaced in the .deb build.

Total screw up on my part! Fixed now, thanks for flagging!