Menu Launch Name

[Mick Sulley]

Running Mint 18 Cinnamon.

I have a version of DigiKam installed from repo that I have called
'digikam5', that is fine.  I have also installed 2 versions via
AppImage, both show on my menu as 'digiKam'.  I just went into the menu
configuration, selected properties and renamed them as 'digiKamX' and
'digiKamY' but when I look in the menu they are both still called 'digiKam'

How can I change the display name for digiKam?  This method works for
all other applications.

Mick

[Derek Keats]

Assuming it is the same as Ubuntu, the .desktop files are in 
/home/$USER/.local/share/applications

You can open the digikam.x.x.x.desktop file and edit it there to change the one for the appimage version.

Change "Name=Digikam" to  "Name=Digikam Y"  or whatever you want. 

regards
Derek

On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 1:54 AM, Mick Sulley <[hidden email]> wrote:

Running Mint 18 Cinnamon.

I have a version of DigiKam installed from repo that I have called 'digikam5', that is fine.  I have also installed 2 versions via AppImage, both show on my menu as 'digiKam'.  I just went into the menu configuration, selected properties and renamed them as 'digiKamX' and 'digiKamY' but when I look in the menu they are both still called 'digiKam'

How can I change the display name for digiKam?  This method works for all other applications.

Mick

[Mick Sulley]

Thanks Derek,

It is rather confusing.  The file names in file explorer don't match the file names in a terminal session, which I have never seen before.  In file explorer it was showing as 'digiKam' but in a terminal it was 'appimagekit-digikam.desktop'

I edited Name[en_GB]=digiKam (seems you can have different names in different languages) and the name is changed in hte menu and also in file explorer

Mick

On 19/02/17 08:06, Derek Keats wrote:

Assuming it is the same as Ubuntu, the .desktop files are in 
/home/$USER/.local/share/applications

You can open the digikam.x.x.x.desktop file and edit it there to change the one for the appimage version.

Change "Name=Digikam" to  "Name=Digikam Y"  or whatever you want. 

regards
Derek

On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 1:54 AM, Mick Sulley <[hidden email]> wrote:

Running Mint 18 Cinnamon.

I have a version of DigiKam installed from repo that I have called 'digikam5', that is fine.  I have also installed 2 versions via AppImage, both show on my menu as 'digiKam'.  I just went into the menu configuration, selected properties and renamed them as 'digiKamX' and 'digiKamY' but when I look in the menu they are both still called 'digiKam'

How can I change the display name for digiKam?  This method works for all other applications.

Mick

[Sveinn í Felli-2]

Þann lau 18.feb 2017 23:54, skrifaði Mick Sulley:
> Running Mint 18 Cinnamon.
>
> I have a version of DigiKam installed from repo that I have called
> 'digikam5', that is fine.  I have also installed 2 versions via
> AppImage, both show on my menu as 'digiKam'.  I just went into the menu
> configuration, selected properties and renamed them as 'digiKamX' and
> 'digiKamY' but when I look in the menu they are both still called 'digiKam'

One question, how did you install the DK-appimage in Cinnamon?
I'm having trouble running it in Mint 17.3 Cinnamon.

Sveinn í Felli

[Mick Sulley]

To be honest I don't remember exactly.  I think I downloaded it, double
clicked and it asked me whether to just run or to install so I
installed.  As mentioned above the problem was re-naming, if you install
several versions they all show as digiKam.

If that doesn't work for you get back to me and I will try to do it again.

Mick


On 27/02/17 12:00, Sveinn í Felli wrote:

> Þann lau 18.feb 2017 23:54, skrifaði Mick Sulley:
>> Running Mint 18 Cinnamon.
>>
>> I have a version of DigiKam installed from repo that I have called
>> 'digikam5', that is fine.  I have also installed 2 versions via
>> AppImage, both show on my menu as 'digiKam'.  I just went into the menu
>> configuration, selected properties and renamed them as 'digiKamX' and
>> 'digiKamY' but when I look in the menu they are both still called
>> 'digiKam'
>
> One question, how did you install the DK-appimage in Cinnamon?
> I'm having trouble running it in Mint 17.3 Cinnamon.
>
> Sveinn í Felli

[Derek Keats]

Normally, when you open an appimage package it asks if you want to do a menu integration. If you say yes, it creates a .desktop file located in /home/$USER/.local/share/applications/ on Ubuntu. There is no installation.

I put my appimage files in /home/dkeats/appimages/ and if you want you can just run them from there in a terminal by typing

cd ~/appimages

./appimagefile.appimage 

Does that answer your question?

regards

derek 

On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Sveinn í Felli <[hidden email]> wrote:

Þann lau 18.feb 2017 23:54, skrifaði Mick Sulley:

Running Mint 18 Cinnamon.

I have a version of DigiKam installed from repo that I have called
'digikam5', that is fine.  I have also installed 2 versions via
AppImage, both show on my menu as 'digiKam'.  I just went into the menu
configuration, selected properties and renamed them as 'digiKamX' and
'digiKamY' but when I look in the menu they are both still called 'digiKam'

One question, how did you install the DK-appimage in Cinnamon?
I'm having trouble running it in Mint 17.3 Cinnamon.

Sveinn í Felli

--

[AndriusWild]

I would add "debug" in the launch command.
In that case when digiKam crashes you can use gdb 'bt' command to get a
backtrace and help developers locate the problem easier.

On Monday, February 27, 2017 6:23:11 PM MST Derek Keats wrote:

> Normally, when you open an appimage package it asks if you want to do a
> menu integration. If you say yes, it creates a .desktop file located in
> /home/$USER/.local/share/applications/ on Ubuntu. There is no installation.
>
> I put my appimage files in /home/dkeats/appimages/ and if you want you can
> just run them from there in a terminal by typing
>
> cd ~/appimages
> ./appimagefile.appimage
>
> Does that answer your question?
>
> regards
> derek
>
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Sveinn í Felli <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > Þann lau 18.feb 2017 23:54, skrifaði Mick Sulley:
> >> Running Mint 18 Cinnamon.
> >>
> >> I have a version of DigiKam installed from repo that I have called
> >> 'digikam5', that is fine.  I have also installed 2 versions via
> >> AppImage, both show on my menu as 'digiKam'.  I just went into the menu
> >> configuration, selected properties and renamed them as 'digiKamX' and
> >> 'digiKamY' but when I look in the menu they are both still called
> >> 'digiKam'
> >
> > One question, how did you install the DK-appimage in Cinnamon?
> > I'm having trouble running it in Mint 17.3 Cinnamon.
> >
> > Sveinn í Felli

[Sveinn í Felli-2]

Problem solved.
I saw a message about 'libfuse' when trying to start DK from the command
line; reinstalled Fuse from my package manager, and then it worked. Must
have been an old/mismathing/damaged version of a fuse library...

Sveinn

Þann mán 27.feb 2017 16:23, skrifaði Derek Keats:

> Normally, when you open an appimage package it asks if you want to do a
> menu integration. If you say yes, it creates a .desktop file located in
> /home/$USER/.local/share/applications/ on Ubuntu. There is no installation.
>
> I put my appimage files in /home/dkeats/appimages/ and if you want you can
> just run them from there in a terminal by typing
>
> cd ~/appimages
> ./appimagefile.appimage
>
> Does that answer your question?
>
> regards
> derek
>
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 2:00 PM, Sveinn í Felli <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Þann lau 18.feb 2017 23:54, skrifaði Mick Sulley:
>>
>>> Running Mint 18 Cinnamon.
>>>
>>> I have a version of DigiKam installed from repo that I have called
>>> 'digikam5', that is fine.  I have also installed 2 versions via
>>> AppImage, both show on my menu as 'digiKam'.  I just went into the menu
>>> configuration, selected properties and renamed them as 'digiKamX' and
>>> 'digiKamY' but when I look in the menu they are both still called
>>> 'digiKam'
>>>
>>
>> One question, how did you install the DK-appimage in Cinnamon?
>> I'm having trouble running it in Mint 17.3 Cinnamon.
>>
>> Sveinn í Felli
>>
>
>
>