I had a friend make an install sh file: It seems to work well and I get an icon added to my ubuntu left app shortcut bar. Here it is below. I will deliver a zip with the app logo and sh file.
It could be modified to help others. I don’t want to recommend or use for myself the appImage installer app. I’m more comfortable with a bash script for myself and logically what I would give others too. This does not require any root privs ans will be accepted better just like appImages over deb.
Nevertheless, this is dependent on the desktop file rather than the appImage produced in contrast to kdenLive appImage that works fine.
#!/bin/bash
basename=tipitaka_pali_reader
appimages=${basename}.AppImage
icons=${basename}.png
desktopfile=${basename}.desktop
# System
# desktopdir=/usr/share/applications/
# appdir=/usr/local/bin/
# iconsdir=/usr/share/icons/
cat > $desktopfile <<EOF
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Tipitaki Pali Reader
# Name[my]=.
# Name[th]=.
# Name[zh]=.
# Name[vi]=.
Comment=A Modern Application for Reading Pali
# Comment[my]=.
# Comment[th]=.
# Comment[zh]=.
# Comment[vi]=.
Exec=${HOME}/.local/bin/tipitaka_pali_reader.AppImage
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=${HOME}/.local/share/icons/tipitaka_pali_reader.png
StartupWMClass=Tipitaki Pali Reader
Categories=Utility;Education;
Keywords=Pali;Reader;Dictionary;Dhamma;Tipitaka
EOF
# User
desktopdir=~/.local/share/applications/
appdir=~/.local/bin/
iconsdir=~/.local/share/icons/
for sysdir in $desktopdir $appdir $iconsdir
do
echo "$sysdir"
if [ ! -d "$sysdir" ]; then
mkdir -p "${sysdir}";
fi
done
chmod +x $appimages $desktopfile
cp -v $appimages $appdir
cp -v $icons $iconsdir
cp -v $desktopfile $desktopdir
# application-desktop file with commands
# desktop-file-install tipitaka_pali_reader.desktop --dir=$HOME/.local/share/applications
# update-desktop-database -q
# application to menu fav bar
application="'${basename}.desktop'"
favourites="/org/gnome/shell/favorite-apps"
dconf write ${favourites} \
"$(dconf read ${favourites} \
| sed "s/, ${application}//g" \
| sed "s/${application}//g" \
| sed -e "s/]$/, ${application}]/")"
