Re: .desktop files and Makefile.am

[David Nečas (Yeti) <yeti physics muni cz>]

On Fri, Jul 27, 2007 at 02:01:23PM +0100, jcupitt gmail com wrote:
> On 7/27/07, Dani <daniel suruware com> wrote:
> > I'm changing the main Makefile.am and putting the .desktop in the main
> > project folder.. but without success :(
>
> I have something like:
>
> install-exec-hook:
>         $(mkinstalldirs) ${DESTDIR}$(datadir)/applications
>         -cp poop.desktop ${DESTDIR}$(datadir)/applications
>
> Though there's probably a better (always seem to be true with auto*).

Yes, manual cp is almost never necessary (also mkinstalldirs
is a bit obsolete now, use mkdir_p).

To create an install/uninstall rule couple, just add

fooappdir = $(datadir)/applications
fooapp_DATA = foo.desktop

You can also add something like

install-data-hook:
        $(UPDATE_DESKTOP_DATABASE) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/applications
        $(UPDATE_MIME_DATABASE) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/mime

uninstall-hook:
        $(UPDATE_DESKTOP_DATABASE) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/applications
        $(UPDATE_MIME_DATABASE) $(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/mime

but this should be inside an automake conditional -- first,
desktop-file-utils might be unavailable so they need
a configure check, second, this is counterproductive when
building a distro package and installling into a staging
area.

None of this is actually related to Gtk+...

Yeti

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