Adding to the application list/menu on Linux distributions about satergo

[satsen]

Well there is only an installer for Windows, not for any other OS. The reason for there not being one for Linux distributions is because there are so many formats (deb, rpm, pkg, AppImage, flatpak, snap) and me having no experience with any of them. So I have no idea how your system works but if it uses the freedesktop desktop entry format you can create a Satergo.desktop which links to the application and then add that to your application list

[satsen]

Here, I made one:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
# The version of the desktop entry specification to which this file complies
Version=1.0
Name=Satergo
Comment=The desktop wallet for Ergo
Exec=/path-to-satergo/run.sh
Icon=/path-to-satergo/window-logo.png
Categories=Finance;Java
Keywords=ergo;crypto;cryptocurrency;wallet

1. Download window-logo.png and put it in the Satergo directory
2. Create a file called satergo-Satergo.desktop (anywhere), paste that content and fill in the path-to-satergo with an absolute path to the Satergo directory
3. In the terminal, run xdg-desktop-menu install satergo-Satergo.desktop

[ccgarant]

Thanks, that all makes sense. I'll give the Satergo.desktop a shot and report back.

[ccgarant]

Apparently on ArchLinux the proper was is to use pacman. So I tried building it using the .tar.gz file and get the following error, where I'm in the directory containing the tar file:

sudo pacman -U Satergo-1.6.0.tar.gz 
loading packages...
error: missing package metadata in Satergo-1.6.0.tar.gz
error: 'Satergo-1.6.0.tar.gz': invalid or corrupted package

I'm still figuring out how to add an Application in Asahi Linux (ArchLinux)...learning curve on this one.

[satsen]

@ccgarant That command is for Arch Linux pacman packages (.pkg), you can't provide an archive that isn't a pacman package.

If you want to add Satergo to your user menu, the way to go is to make a Desktop Entry file (file name ends with .desktop) and add it to your menu. See: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Desktop_entries

[ccgarant]

It worked thanks!! The only thing is I renamed it after I added it to desktop from "satergo-Satergo" to "Satergo".

I would say this is closed. Would def recommend adding to the wiki.