Where should I put a .desktop file in order to ensure that most desktop environments find it? Is there such a location? In addition, is there any standard place to put it in the user's home directory so that only that user sees it?
A:
Unless I'm missing something, you're looking for the user's home directory, usually /home/user/.desktop
If you want to restrict it to just the user, issue chmod 600 /home/username/.desktop to ensure only the user can see it.
stran
2009-08-06 02:35:12
You are mistaken; I mean the .desktop file format, not ~/.desktop
coppro
2009-08-07 04:41:19
+1
A:
Gnome puts them in /usr/share/applications. My personal ones seem to show up on ~/Desktop, but these all seem Wine-related. Some also show up in ~/.local/share/applications. The good people at freedesktop.org have a specification of what they should look like, but I can't find a standard about where they should go.
Norman Ramsey
2009-08-06 03:05:17