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eri0o
Asked: 2016-08-01 05:25:31 +0800 CST

Local (non-root) installation folder

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I am trying to make an application. Currently I am using the following directories during installation:

/usr/share/applications is where I drop software.desktop

/usr/share/icons is where I drop icon.svg

/usr/share/mime/packages is where I drop my mime.xml file.

Since those are the only times during install that require root access, I was wondering if the were equivalent, non root directories, where I could throw these files and they would get pickeup by the system (Unity launcher for instance).

Thanks

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The respective user-specific directories are all in ~/.local/share (~ is the current user's home directory):

    • ~/.local/share/applications
    • ~/.local/share/icons
    • ~/.local/share/mime

    All those directories have the same purpose as the ones in /usr/share except that their effect is limited to the specific user and that you do not need root rights to write in them.

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