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