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June 26, 2020 at 12:37 pm #38102
PPC
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    I wrote a tiny script to automate the extraction of .desktop files from appimages, that works (almost) every time:

    ###### extract the .desktop file from appimage: 
# select file:
appimage_file=$(yad --title "Select a valid appimage file" --file-selection)
# try to extract the .desktop file:
eval 7z e $appimage_file *.desktop
eval 7z e $appimage_file usr/share/applications/

    Now all the user has to do is edit the extracted file and substitute the EXE= with the full path of the .appimage (trying to automate that too, but it seems it’s more trouble than it’s worth)

    Unfortunatly, automating the extraction of the icons is more problematic…

    P.