Questions tagged [xdg]
Xdg was an acronym for the X Desktop Group, which is now known as freedesktop.org, but the label has remained. The freedesktop.org project has created a set of standards that now underlie X desktop environments such as GNOME, KDE and many others.
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Where is the .Trash folder?
Using Ubuntu 11.10, I accidentally deleted a file that was approximately 700 MB. I tried to find it in the in following locations, but couldn't:
/home/user/.local/share
/home/user/ <-- there was ...
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What is the "Templates" folder in the home directory for?
For as long as I can remember, every time I install Ubuntu there is a folder in the home directory called "Templates." I've always just deleted it, but I'm curious: what's it supposed to be used for, ...
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What can I use instead of gnome-open?
What is a current replacement of gnome-open command (generic open of files based on the type)?
Before:
gnome-open mydoc.pdf # opened PDF in default application
Now:
gnome-open
The program 'gnome-...
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Why is my desktop the same as home folder?
My desktop (not the /home/user/Desktop folder) shows the contents of my /home/user folder. I don't know how I have done it and can I have some help on undoing it? The /home/user/Desktop folder just ...
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In a .desktop file, what is the "%U" variable?
Or, more generally, what is the syntax of the commands such as exo-open --launch WebBrowser %u ?
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How can I change the default location of content directories (eg Pictures, Templates, Music) in my home folder?
I have multiple users on my home desktop. I am content with most of the default user directories, however I would like to make one change.
I would like to setup a common directory for Music (ie /home/...
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Rename default user directories
Is it possible to rename default directories like ~/Documents, ~/Music, ~/Videos?
Especially I want to rename Videos to Movies.
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Why is there no more ~/.Trash?
I remember the nice mv somefile ~/.Trash command but that folder does not exist on newer Ubuntus. Does anyone know why?
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How to set the default program to open a certain file type in a certain folder?
As well as being a Panda I am also an artist, I make my artwork mostly in GIMP and save my pictures to a certain directory on my computer. However I have a slight inconvenience because I save my ...
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Is there a way I can rename Trash to Crap?
I was trying to Rename the folder Trash to Crap.
I did this
I first ran cd /home/username/.local/share/
Now my present working directory is /home/username/.local/share
then when I typed ls I ...
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Why do PDF documents open with ImageMagick?
Query shows evince is my default handler.
But, double clicking a pdf file opens ImageMagick. A pdf file's Properties shows ImageMagick as the default handler.
Why is this happening ?
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Is $HOME/.local/share the default value for $XDG_DATA_HOME?
What's the default value for $XDG_DATA_HOME variable? I get an empty line with:
echo $XDG_DATA_HOME
According to the Free Desktop XDG Base Directory Environment variables specification, it might be ...
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Installation problem xdg-desktop-menu: No writable system menu directory found
When installing the IBM tsm backup client I have the following message on lucid (works on precise)
> sudo apt-get upgrade
Setting up tsm-client (6.4.0.7-3) ...
xdg-desktop-menu: No writable system ...
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How can I set the 'Path' variable in a .desktop file to be relative to the location where the desktop file is located?
I want to set the 'Path' variable in a .desktop file relative to the location where the desktop file is located and I can't manage to do that.
When I don't declare it or set it to blank it defaults ...
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Desktop launcher documentation? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What is the syntax for .desktop files?
How do I add a custom launcher?
I prefer to create new desktop launchers (.desktop files) using just a text editor, for example to ...
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What is the replacement for gnome-open in GNOME? [duplicate]
gnome-open is typically used to open files from the CLI using their associated mime-type handler.
It doesn't appear to be installed by default anymore in 12.04. The errata has not been well ...
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ubuntu-dock settings not accessible in gnome-control-center by default
I recently shifted to Ubuntu 17.10. After enabling ubuntu-dock extension from Gnome-Tweak-Tools, I found no specific settings for customizing the Ubuntu-Dock in gnome-settings or gnome-control-center.
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Can't close "Open with.." dialog when there's no suitable application installed in Kubuntu
Clicking file that doesn't have associated program is an annoying problem in KDE. It opens a window that can't be closed easily [even with sudo pkill].
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Download a file with no ...
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How do I integrate my Windows filesystem with Ubuntu?
I recently got a new Windows computer and would like to dual boot with Ubuntu. I don't really want to have 2 separate file systems (with mounting) but would like to integrate the two, if it is ...
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How can I change the Desktop folder path? [duplicate]
I had some trouble upgrading to 11.10, and had to create a new user and copy some files to my old user to work. But now Ubuntu can't find my Desktop folder.
I need to change the path, so where can I ...
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Weird XDG User Dir resetting bug
I have a weird problem with 12.04 LTS.
Regardless of what I do to the ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs file, whenever I login again the next time, that file gets all set to $HOME only. Something is happening ...
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XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not owned by us (uid 0)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not owned by us (uid 0), but by uid 999!(This could eg happen if you try to connect to a non-root PulseAudio as a root user, over the native protocol. Don't do that.)`
I am trying ...
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How do mimeinfo.cache files relate to mimeapps.list?
The different mimeinfo.cache files are populated by update-desktop-database from the .desktop files you have around.
However, file browsers and such seem to use mimeapps.list files. Manipulating ...
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No option for appearance in settings after upgrade to 22.04
I upgraded from 21.10 and I wanted to tweak my appearance but that option itself is not present.
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How can I force all applications to use $XDG_CONFIG_HOME instead of ~/.APP?
As far as I understand, the XDG guidelines recommend that applications store their configuration in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/APP (usually ~/.config/APP) rather than ~/.APP (I'm not sure if there are also ...
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Functions of xdg-user-dirs
What are the functions and capabilities of xdg-user-dirs? In particular, I'm interested to have the folders it creates on a different partition instead of the whole Home.
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How to open a PDF file with "Master PDF Editor" application from terminal?
I want to open a PDF file from terminal. I only know the command xdg-open file-name.xxx to open a file. But once I use this command, it opens the PDF file with the Document Viewer application (Evince)....
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How can I get the (XDG) Default User Directories from Python?
By example,
In English the default user folders will be:
$HOME/Desktop
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$HOME/Videos
In Spanish the default user folders will be:
$HOME/Escritorio
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$HOME/Vídeos
The file ~/.config/user-...
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How can i change the Pictures/Documents/etc directory?
I am a total noob in Ubuntu, and i would like to change the default directory of Documents, Music, Pictures etc. My setting is as follows:
1 partition for Windows
1 partition for ubuntu
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Any way to consolidate multiple .Trash directories
I have a seperate data partition with a functioning .Trash directory.
But ~/.local/share/Trash is the only directory seen by trash:/// in nautilus.
Here's the fstab entry for the partition:
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xdg-document is keeping my files open
I use Master PDf editor installed through flathub to edit some PDf files.
When I close it, I can sse by lsof | grep /media/<MYUSER>/<DEVICE> that xdg-document is keeping my file open.
What ...
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How to use xdg-desktop-icon?
I am on Ubuntu 12.04 with KDE. I'd like to use the xdg-desktop-icon tool because it can be scripted and works cross desktop.
Made a minimal file: test.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=...
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Can I change the name of the Desktop directory?
Is it possible to change Desktop directory name? If it is how can I rename that directory?
I've tried mv /home/username/Desktop /home/username/newName.
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How do I make the public folder not appear in the home folder of new accounts?
When I create a new user, how do I tell Ubuntu not to create a Public sub-folder?
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What's the absolute path of an icon declared in a .desktop file?
In a .desktop file you can declare an icon, however it's not clear how this translates to an icon on disk:
Icon=eric
Where on the filesystem can I find this icon?
Related to this question:
How ...
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Is there any GUI tool for xdg-mime?
Usually, I should write a FileType.xml and use
xdg-mime install FileType.xml
then use
xdg-mime default xxx.desktop file-type
to set default application and
xdg-icon-resource install xxx
to set ...
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How to set XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not well set on my computer and this causes upstart to write PID files to my home folder. May I know what it should be and where to set it?
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How do I reset gnome-open/xdg-open to actually open with my preferred browser?
Somehow gnome-open and xdg-open are now hopelessly broken. Setting my default browser in System -> Preferences -> Preferred Applications changes nothing.
When I click on any link that points to a ...
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How do I add a file type to XDG?
Using LXQT, the file manager (PCManFM-QT) is showing all files with unrecognized suffixes as "text/plain". I've added an entry to /etc/mime.types mapping a new suffix to a new application/x-...
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How to troubleshoot xdg-desktop-portal in i3 wm?
I am troubleshooting the known "Firefox cannot open file dialogs" error, with Firefox printing this message on every attempt:
Gtk-WARNING **: 22:45:36.767: Can't open portal file chooser: ...
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Could not open X display, XDG_Runtime_DIR Error:
Output from terminal from where i tried to run nautilus and read an external drive.
Also, i got a terminal window before logging in that system is running under log graphics mode, i will have to login ...
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Create global Template directory
I want to move Template directory out from my ~ home folder. I would like to have one global Template directory. One option, that I think can be possible is to create a link(shortcut or how is it ...
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Ubuntu Studio menu audio, video production, graphics directory menu entry disappeared
Ubuntu Studio menu has broken - I must have installed something or made a change to the menu (I used the menu editor to add a launcher), and I lost the audio production, video production and graphics ...
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How to open *.htm differently than *.html?
I'm trying to get *.htm files to open in a different application than for *.html (MIME Type text/html), as generally described in GNOME Help > Add a custom MIME type for all users. I've created /usr/...
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What XDG environment variables should be set at boot?
Recently I got rid of my display manager and that caused Plank to not run, complaining that it could only work for X sessions. I was running an X session. Upon a bit of digging, I realised that my ...
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Should I add $HOME/.local/share to XDG_DATA_DIRS?
Currently XDG_DATA_DIRS contains /usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/:/var/lib/snapd/desktop.
I would like to add ~/.local/share to the list. My reason is the following:
Now the fish shell ...
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Can I lowercase all the /home/$USER/ directories that start with an uppercase letter? [duplicate]
~/Pictures, ~/Downloads, ~/Desktop, ~/Documents, etc. These are some of the only uppercase directories on my system, and I usually type ~/pictures forgetting that the first letter has to be uppercase.
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Changing protocol handler in google chrome, opening a Telegram link
I installed Telegram Desktop for Linux 64-bit. To join a Telegram channel, when a channel URL is opened in google chrome (e.g. telegram.me/channel_name) the browser prompts and asks which application ...
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How to create new Magic Cookie?
I've been searching around on Google but I cannot find my answer on how to create a new MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE.
I recently did a reinstall and I had copied over my files from a backup back into my home ...
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How does the menu categorize apps
Many Ubuntu based distros that use a traditional menu have categories. (accessories,graphics,internet, office, etc)
When I first saw these, I thought they were preset categories that someone manually ...
