Calibre .desktop File in Linux?

enuddleyarbl · Yesterday, 10:36 AM

I'm trying out Calibre's "isolated" install in Bazzite (an atomic and immutable distribution). So far, it looks like it's working. But, that install does not create a .desktop file (that I can find). I've pieced together what I think is a bare-minimum .desktop file:

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Calibre
Comment=Calibre E-book Manager
Exec=/home/[username]/calibre-bin/calibre/calibre
Icon=/var/home/dave/calibre-bin/calibre/resources/content-server/calibre.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application

Does any of that look wrong? Is there anything else that should go in that file?

kovidgoyal · Yesterday, 12:16 PM

That's fine calibre does not require anything in the .desktop file since it runs simply by executing the calibre executable.

Yesterday, 10:36 AM	#1
enuddleyarbl Guru Posts: 828 Karma: 2111023 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Kobo Sage	Calibre .desktop File in Linux? I'm trying out Calibre's "isolated" install in Bazzite (an atomic and immutable distribution). So far, it looks like it's working. But, that install does not create a .desktop file (that I can find). I've pieced together what I think is a bare-minimum .desktop file: Code: [Desktop Entry] Name=Calibre Comment=Calibre E-book Manager Exec=/home/[username]/calibre-bin/calibre/calibre Icon=/var/home/dave/calibre-bin/calibre/resources/content-server/calibre.png Terminal=false Type=Application Does any of that look wrong? Is there anything else that should go in that file?

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Yesterday, 12:16 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 46,243 Karma: 29630732 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	That's fine calibre does not require anything in the .desktop file since it runs simply by executing the calibre executable.

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