Add quick script to add an appimage to local/share/applications

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Salt 2025-02-07 21:23:12 -06:00
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add-appimage-to-apps Executable file

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#!/bin/bash
set -e
# Check if an AppImage path is provided
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
echo "Usage: $0 /path/to/AppImage"
exit 1
fi
# Absolute path to the AppImage
APPIMAGE_PATH="$(realpath "$1")"
# Application destination dir
APPDIR="$HOME/.local/share/applications"
# A place to store application icons
ICONDIR="$HOME/.local/share/icons"
# Make a tempdir and cd into it
EXTRACT_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
cleanup() {
[ -z "$EXTRACT_DIR" ] && exit 2
rm -rf "$EXTRACT_DIR"
}
trap cleanup EXIT
pushd "$EXTRACT_DIR"
# Extract AppImage
"$APPIMAGE_PATH" --appimage-extract > /dev/null 2>&1
# Find the extracted desktop file and icon
DESKTOP_FILE=$(find "$EXTRACT_DIR/squashfs-root" -name "*.desktop" | head -n 1)
# GPT spat this out and I'm really not sure if it's correct. I don't think
# fd spec limits us to these two file formats
ICON_FILE=$(find "$EXTRACT_DIR/squashfs-root" -name "*.png" -o -name "*.svg" | head -n 1)
if [ -z "$DESKTOP_FILE" ]; then
echo "Error: No .desktop file found in AppImage."
exit 1
fi
# Jump out of the tempdir. We now have absolute paths to the things we want
popd
APP_NAME=$(grep -m1 '^Name=' "$DESKTOP_FILE" | cut -d= -f2)
DESKTOP_TARGET="$APPDIR/$APP_NAME.desktop"
ICON_TARGET="$ICONDIR/$APP_NAME.${ICON_FILE##*.}"
# Copy the icon over
mkdir -p "$ICONDIR"
cp "$ICON_FILE" "$ICON_TARGET"
# Update paths in the .desktop file and copy it over
sed -e "s|^Exec=.*|Exec=$APPIMAGE_PATH|" \
-e "s|^Icon=.*|Icon=$ICON_TARGET|" \
"$DESKTOP_FILE" > "$DESKTOP_TARGET"
# Ensure the desktop file is executable
chmod +x "$DESKTOP_TARGET"
# Refresh application menu
update-desktop-database "$APPDIR"
echo "Desktop entry created: $DESKTOP_TARGET"
echo "Icon saved at: $ICON_TARGET"
echo "You can now launch '$APP_NAME' from your application menu."