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Adding icons to desktop after package installation

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Is there any way to automatically add icons for an application when a package is installed?

The ideal use case would be that a user decides to install an application and, as part of the postinstall script, the application icons are added to the desktop. After that, when the application is uninstalled, they icons are automatically removed from the desktop.

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answered 3 Years ago diffeah · Accepted Answer

As already mentioned, this isn't something that should be done for an official package. Though I could see how this might be useful in a local deployment.

Use something like this in debian/postinst:

#!/bin/sh

for user in /home/*

do

    cp /usr/share/applications/foo.desktop ${user}/Desktop/

    chmod 755 ${user}//Desktop/foo.desktop

done