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I don't understand this file pathing
(lemmy.world)
Hi, I'm trying the desktop Grayjay app and it seems to work fine.
I just have to keep locating the app in folder whenever I want to launch it so I found out how to make it appear in the GNOME Apps and launch it there.
However it requires me to copy 2 folders (cef,wwwroot) from the app folder into my "/home/werecat" folder and I don't understand why when it can launch just fine from the executable without me having to do that.
Any idea on what I'm missing or doing wrong? The main goal is to add the app to my Dash to Dock.
Try adding a
PATH=/home/werecat/Grayjayline to your .desktop file. Without it the application will run with your home directory as your working-directory...and there the data files are missing (Why you need to copy them to your home). The path entry makes the program work in /home/werecat/Grayjay where the data directories actually are.Edit: That is assuming when you started it manually you did a
cd Grayjayand a./Grayjayor similar. So you changed your working directory there first before starting it. If that is not the case ignore my post ;)Yeah this looks right. The program is launching other tools, in this case when it gets to CEF (chromium embedded framework) it is looking in the default path it's picked up when the .desktop file is launching it. So it's essentially looking directly under /home/werecat/ instead of where the /Greyjay programme is running from.
So if you specify the path in the .desktop file it should fix the problem.
An alternative route of that doesn't fix it might be to edit any config files (if it has them) to ensure they explicitly point to the correct Grayjay directory.
Yeah, I've tried finding the config file to edit the path as the first thing but I could not find it. Adding the
Pathas was suggested worked after removingTryExec.