[RESOLVED] Unable to launch anki.desktop file

[uncut5304]

Hi,
I am running latest kUbuntu 24.04. Recently, I have installed Anki from the `install.sh` script they provide.
It created a anki.desktop file in `~/.local/share/applications`. When I click on the desktop file it says:

The desktop entry file

/home/user/.local/share/applications/anki.desktop

is not valid.

The contents of the file is as follows:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Anki
Comment=An intelligent spaced-repetition memory training program
GenericName=Flashcards
Exec=anki %f
TryExec=anki
Icon=anki
Categories=Education;Languages;KDE;Qt;
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Version=1.0
MimeType=application/x-apkg;application/x-anki;application/x-ankiaddon;
#should be removed eventually as it was upstreamed as to be an XDG specification called SingleMainWindow
X-GNOME-SingleWindow=true
SingleMainWindow=true
StartupWMClass=anki
StartupNotify=true
Keywords=anki;

The executable `anki` is stored at `/home/user/.local/bin/`.

Anki application entry does not shows up in Start menu.
I am able to start the application from terminal though. I am also able to start applications by clicking on their .desktop file.

Please help me fixing this problem. Thanks.

[claydoh]

The executable `anki` is stored at `/home/user/.local/bin/`.

It may not have installed properly. Do you actually have ~/.local/bin on your system?


Actually, looking at the install script:
The installer wants the sudo password in order to install it as a system application, not a local user app. How did you actually run the script, precisely?

You need to open a terminal inside the extracted directory. The easy way is to do so using Dolphin, then hit f4 to open a terminal. Then enter the command the instructions specify: sudo ./install.sh

[uncut5304]

It may not have installed properly. Do you actually have ~/.local/bin on your system?

I do have ~/.local/bin and binary name anki is present in the said directory.

Actually, looking at the install script:
The installer wants the sudo password in order to install it as a system application, not a local user app. How did you actually run the script, precisely?

I did PREFIX=~/.local bash ./install.sh inside the directory of extracted application. I did not use sudo because I did not want to install it in /usr/local

You need to open a terminal inside the extracted directory. The easy way is to do so using Dolphin, then hit F4 to open a terminal.

I did exactly the same in Dolphin by hitting F4.

P.S.: I have included ~/.locall.bin in PATH env variable in ~/.profile file

[uncut5304]

I followed this page How can I set env variables so that KDE recognizes them? and set ~/.local.bin in PATH env variable as export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$HOME/.bin:$PATH"

I can start Anki by clicking on .desktop file but the application does not shows up in Start menu/Application Launcher.

[oshunluvr]

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