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

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/faheel/desktop-entry-creator
• Owner: faheel
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2018-05-02T16:30:11.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-07-05T20:52:31.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-09-29T15:43:46.588Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: desktop-application, desktop-entry, gtk3, gui, linux, linux-desktop, pygobject, python, python3
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://pypi.org/project/desktop-entry-creator/
• Size: 840 KB
• Stars: 63
• Watchers: 7
• Forks: 6
• Open Issues: 4
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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Desktop entry creator


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



  



## 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

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[pipenv]: https://github.com/pypa/pipenv