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How to refresh .desktop files in ~/.local/share/applications?
See: https://askubuntu.com/a/946853/432270
sudo update-desktop-database
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.desktop files on Red Hat desktop launches gedit ONLY from desktop shortcut
The Problem
From what I understand:
Your .desktop files (shortcuts) work fine on other RHEL systems
Double-clicking them from the GUI opens them in gedit instead of launching the app
The "Allow ...
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Is `xdg-open`, `gtk-launch`, or `gio-launch` preferable for invoking `.desktop` files via the CLI?
Options
xdg-open "$path"
For me, the standard xdg-open abstraction doesn't execute the file (presumably by design). Instead, it invokes the file in the associated application for its MIME ...
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Is `xdg-open`, `gtk-launch`, or `gio-launch` preferable for invoking `.desktop` files via the CLI?
I would recommend xdg-open; this is a shell script that will try and work out the current desktop environment and use the appropriate command, which may include testing multiple alternatives (eg gio ...
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Run .desktop file with its own icon in Icons Task Manager KDE Plasma Wayland
This is a known issue in Brave. Please upvote it if you'd like this to be fixed. Currently, it's tagged "Not scheduled. Don't anticipate work on this anytime soon."
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Starting application with I/O redirection via *.desktop file
Apparently Thunar (or whatever tool parses the desktop files)
doesn’t understand shell syntax like > and 2>&1.
So the standard solution is
to explicitly invoke a shell to handle the command,...
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