Re: gambas3.desktop install idea to detect installed toolkits...

[gbWilly <gbWilly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I created a topic on gambas.one forum, so we can discuss the details of first creating and testing this. Once there is a use able and working (means build and tested) format for the Debian/Ubuntu recipe, we can loop back here and see if it can be a useful addition to the OSB recipe.

The persons aware of the magic of recipe making for Arch and OpenSuSe will need to do some form of post-install script addition to the recipe as well, to make it all the same.

It should be possible on all distro's as many big installs fire up a CLI interface during updates, asking to keep your modified configuration files or replace them when updating for example. These are post install scripts fired from the installed packages.

gbWilly

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On Monday, November 3rd, 2025 at 18:32, Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, 3 Nov 2025 at 15:48, gbWilly <gbWilly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>> people who know how the packager install works may be able to answer that. (and if it can somehow be made dynamic during install like i've done with the makefile)
>>
>> You can run scripts postinstall as part of a debian package. It's not that hard, but your script has to meet some requirements (at least on Debian/Ubuntu, see: [Package maintainer scripts](https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-maintainerscripts.html) and [Scripts](https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-files.html#s-scripts))
>>
>> gbWilly
>
> Hmm, it seems like it could be fairly easy.
> all done in the postinst maybe?
>
> what the script does...
> * uses 'gbx3 -e Component.Path' to find the libs dir
> * Checks what toolkit components are in libs.
> * builds the dynamic gambas3.desktop file in /tmp/
> * uses xdg-desktop-menu to install it.
>
> The script can be run standalone at any time to update the icon after install so i think postinst should work?
>
> Maybe you could get it working in your repository?
> I don't have a repository so cannot really test anything.
>
> Respects
> BruceS