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Graphical user interface for Brunnhilde
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Desktop files in BitCurator 4.4.0 #4

Closed WhenSkiesAbove closed 1 year ago

WhenSkiesAbove commented 2 years ago

Hi Tessa,

I just installed this on a fresh instance of BitCurator 4.4.0 and noticed that desktop icons don't really work anymore (may be the case on earlier versions too, I went straight from 2.2.8 to 4.4.0 so I don't know when it changed). Based on a quick google, I think it's whatever-the-heck version of Ubuntu it now runs on. Seems desktop files now have to go into /usr/share/applications and need to include a 'Categories=Forensics and Reporting' (or whatever category you want) tag to show up in the Applications drop-down. Not sure if there's a better way to do it, but that worked for me. Maybe it just needs to be added to the instructions. I definitely didn't know it without having to Google it.

Thanks!

Jarad

tw4l commented 1 year ago

Hi Jarad, thanks for bringing this to my attention and doing research into the fix! I'll do my best to get this patched this week - just wanna do some testing with a few versions of BitCurator and so need a little time to spin up a VM and do some testing.

WhenSkiesAbove commented 1 year ago

Awesome - thanks Tessa! Appreciate it.

Cheers, Jarad

tw4l commented 1 year ago

Hi Jarad - apologies it took me a while but I've pushed changes so that the install script now installs the desktop file correctly in BitCurator 4. I've also added a new install-bc2-ubuntu18 script for older version of BitCurator.

Thanks for the helpful info and the nudge!

WhenSkiesAbove commented 1 year ago

That's awesome - thanks Tessa!