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https://github.com/faheel/desktop-entry-creator

A user-friendly GUI for creating desktop entries for installed applications on Linux
https://github.com/faheel/desktop-entry-creator

desktop-application desktop-entry gtk3 gui linux linux-desktop pygobject python python3

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A user-friendly GUI for creating desktop entries for installed applications on Linux

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Desktop entry creator

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A user-friendly GUI for creating desktop entries for installed applications on Linux.


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## Installation

1. Install the required system packages:
* Fedora and RHEL based distros:
```bash
sudo dnf install python3-devel cairo cairo-devel python3-cairo gobject-introspection gobject-introspection-devel cairo-gobject cairo-gobject-devel
```
* Ubuntu and Debian based distros:
```bash
sudo apt install python3-dev libcairo2 libcairo-dev python3-cairo libgirepository-1.0-1 libgirepository1.0-dev libcairo-gobject2
```

2. Install using pip:
```bash
pip install desktop-entry-creator
```

## Development

1. Install the required system packages mentioned in the installation section.
2. Set up a Python 3 virtual environment using [Pipenv][pipenv]:
```bash
pipenv --three
```
3. Activate the virtual environment and install the dependencies:
```bash
pipenv shell
pipenv install --dev
```
4. Run `app.py` located under the `desktop_entry_creator` directory to launch the GUI:
```bash
./desktop_entry_creator/app.py
```

## License

This project is licensed under the terms of the [GPL v3 license](LICENSE).

[pypi-version-shield]: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/desktop-entry-creator.svg?style=for-the-badge
[pypi-link]: https://pypi.org/project/desktop-entry-creator
[license-shield]: https://img.shields.io/github/license/faheel/desktop-entry-creator.svg?style=for-the-badge
[pipenv]: https://github.com/pypa/pipenv