Loss of Application Icon for Pinning to Dash After Upgrade on Arch Linux

[C0sm0cats]

when I upgrade from version 0.7.6-1 to 0.8.5-1 on Arch Linux I lose the application icon to pin to the Dash.

[esimkowitz]

Yeah this is likely because we renamed the Linux binary, are you able to re-add it?

[C0sm0cats]

Hello. I’m not sure how to re-enable pinning waveterm to the dash-to-panel with its icon. Do you have any suggestions on how to restore that functionality?

Additionally, I previously uninstalled version 0.7.6-1 and installed the pacman version 0.8.6-1. When I run it from the command line, I receive the following error message:

"shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory chdir: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: No such file or directory error configuring updater Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/usr/lib/electron32/resources/app-update.yml"

WR

[C0sm0cats]

Hello, I wanted to provide an update regarding the installation of Waveterm. Here are the key details:

The binary is located at /usr/bin/waveterm -rw-r-xr-x root root 1.1 KB Fri Sep 27 08:06:49 2024 waveterm

The .desktop file is located at /usr/share/applications/waveterm.desktop -rw-r--r-- root root 292 B Fri Sep 27 08:06:49 2024 waveterm.desktop

Modification Summary I made the following modification to the waveterm.desktop file to ensure it points to the correct executable: Original line: Exec=/opt/Wave/waveterm %U Updated line: Exec=/usr/bin/waveterm %U

This change resolved my issue, and Waveterm is now successfully pinned to the Dash to Panel with its icon.

[esimkowitz]

Thank you for this, sounds like we need a custom postinstall script

[C0sm0cats]

You're welcome! And absolutely, a custom postinstall script would be ideal for this scenario. By the way, I must say that Waveterm is undoubtedly the best terminal editor out there right now and works perfectly on Manjaro. congratulations on such an outstanding tool!

[C0sm0cats]

It would be amazing if AI could directly analyze the code in a separate Waveterm block and assist with development, even though it seems quite challenging. It's something I dream of!

[esimkowitz]

Yes!! We're really excited about the AI functionality. We're experimenting now with giving it more context into what's actually happening in the app so it can assist you better

[esimkowitz]

Hey @C0sm0cats I'm a bit confused as to why the desktop needs to point to /usr/bin/waveterm, I am not seeing the same issue on my computer, despite the desktop entry pointing to /opt/Wave/waveterm.

Did you have an old desktop entry for the v0.7 version of the app?

[C0sm0cats]

Hi @esimkowitz Yes, I did have an older version installed, which was installed using the command: sudo pacman -U Wave-linux-x64-0.7.6.pacman .

I might have also tried upgrading through pamac using either waveterm-bin or waveterm-git to version 0.7.6-1, which could have led to my issue. but I don’t really remember for sure