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Guix and $XDG_DATA_DIRS
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HiPhish |
Subject: |
Guix and $XDG_DATA_DIRS |
Date: |
Thu, 11 Apr 2019 19:06:03 +0200 |
Hello everyone,
I noticed that when I use Guix to install an application that has a desktop
entry, such as Gimp, Inkscape or Krita, that application does not show up in
my applications menu (using KDE on Kubuntu). After some digging I have found
that the environment variable $XDG_DATA_DIRS is responsible for this.
>From what I understand, Guix should set all the necessary environment
variables by modifying the file $GUIX_PROFILE/etc/profile, which I then need to
source in my .profile file. Here are its contents:
export PATH="${GUIX_PROFILE:-/gnu/store/83b17pr7rdyng48443iqn0f1z18dkpzk-
profile}/bin${PATH:+:}$PATH"
export GUILE_LOAD_PATH="${GUIX_PROFILE:-/gnu/store/
83b17pr7rdyng48443iqn0f1z18dkpzk-profile}/share/guile/site/2.2$
{GUILE_LOAD_PATH:+:}$GUILE_LOAD_PATH"
export GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH="${GUIX_PROFILE:-/gnu/store/
83b17pr7rdyng48443iqn0f1z18dkpzk-profile}/lib/guile/2.2/site-ccache$
{GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH:+:}$GUILE_LOAD_COMPILED_PATH"
As you can see, $XDG_DATA_DIRS is not being modified. I have added the
following line to my .profile file:
export XDG_DATA_DIRS="$GUIX_PROFILE/share/":$XDG_DATA_DIRS
Now all the applications do show up in my menu after a reboot. Is this an
oversight or am I supposed to set that variable myself? And if it is the
latter, where is the best place to set that variable so it picks it up when I
install a new application without rebooting?
- Guix and $XDG_DATA_DIRS,
HiPhish <=