Icon not found for the .desktop file

[EchedelleLR]

The gear is the default icon set by Trinity Desktop for launchers without a correct icon.

In the menu, however, there is no such default icon given that this is only for launchers. There is no icon directly.

I didn't check the .deb package yet to find if an icon is provided which I think it is.

[EchedelleLR]

I found the issue.

Given the following:

/
/lib/
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/Throbber-small
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/application
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/chrome/
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/chrome/icons/
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/chrome/icons/default/
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/chrome/icons/default/default16
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/chrome/icons/default/default32
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/chrome/icons/default/default48
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/chrome/icons/default/default64
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/crashreporter-override
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/extensions/
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/extensions/FreeUSPS@0xbeef
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/extensions/SubmitMe@0xbeef
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/extensions/disable-polymer-youtube@extension
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/extensions/gnuzilla-ext-workarounds@gnu
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/extensions/https-everywhere@eff
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/extensions/jid1-KtlZuoiikVfFew@jetpack
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/extensions/libgen
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/extensions/tprb
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/extensions/viewtube@extension
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/features/
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/features/doh-rollout@mozilla
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/features/formautofill@mozilla
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/features/screenshots@mozilla
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/features/webcompat-reporter@mozilla
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/features/webcompat@mozilla
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/omni
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/crashreporter
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/crashreporter
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/defaults/
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/defaults/pref/
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/defaults/pref/channel-prefs
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/dependentlibs
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/fonts/
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/fonts/TwemojiMozilla
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/gmp-clearkey/
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/gmp-clearkey/0
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/gmp-clearkey/0
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/gmp-clearkey/0
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/gtk2/
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/gtk2/libmozgtk
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/icecat
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/icecat-bin
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/icons/
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/icons/updater
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/libfreeblpriv3
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/liblgpllibs
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/libmozavcodec
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/libmozavutil
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/libmozgtk
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/libmozsandbox
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/libmozsqlite3
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/libmozwayland
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/libnspr4
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/libnss3
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/libnssckbi
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/libnssutil3
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/libplc4
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/libplds4
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/libsmime3
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/libsoftokn3
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/libssl3
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/libxul
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/minidump-analyzer
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/omni
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/pingsender
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/platform
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/plugin-container
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/removed-files
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/update-settings
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/updater
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/updater
/usr/
/usr/bin/
/usr/share/
/usr/share/applications/
/usr/share/applications/icecat
/usr/share/doc/
/usr/share/doc/icecat/
/usr/share/doc/icecat/changelog
/usr/share/doc/icecat/changelog
/usr/share/doc/icecat/copyright
/usr/bin/icecat -> /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/icecat

First, /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ is not a directory to install content. For additional apps which cannot be adapted to the directory hierarchy, it exists /opt.

Second, there is no symbolic link from at least an icon in /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/icecat/browser/chrome/icons/default/ to /usr/share/icons.

[losuler]

Thanks for bringing this up. I hadn't realised icons weren't working, as they were appearing on my test machine (a mistake in my build environment). I've added the symlink now so icons will show.

As apart of this, I realised that I had incorrectly set libdir. This has been fixed now and it rightfully points to /usr/lib.

[EchedelleLR]

Is there a plan to move the installation directory to /opt?

Other projects such as Element, Pale Moon third party build and more use that and also is specified in the Linux Hierarchy of directories for that purpose.

[losuler]

The reason why I prefer to keep files in /usr over /opt is that I want to package this as closely to an official package for Debian as possible, where I've followed Debian's packaging guides as closely as possible (an area I recognise I still have room to improve on).

I am of the opinion that all packages, whether they are in the official repository for that distro or not, should adhere to the same guidelines as official packages. I think this ensures that packages are of the quality set by the standards of the distro, which in many cases encompasses reasons beyond mere preference (such as security and expectations of other software on the system).

I would like to point out that the Debian package for Pale Moon does infact install to /usr and not /opt. Whereas it appears the Debian package for Element installs to /opt as all of it's files exist in the one directory. Given too, that they provide the same identical .deb for Debian and Ubuntu, I think it shows little consideration for quality.

[EchedelleLR]

You are right. I was wrong with the Pale Moon case.

Maybe I confused it but at least I checked Element.

[EchedelleLR]

Do you plan make your package accepted by Debian itself?

BTW, I consider your point perfectly.