On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 8:54 PM, Karl Ove Hufthammer <k...@huftis.org> wrote: > I’ve created a Python-based plasmoid, using the instructions at > http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Plasma/Python/GettingStarted > but am having some trouble getting it installed (globally). I couldn’t > find any documentation on how to actually do this, but looking at other > installed packages, I figured that I should install the directory tree > > metadata.desktop > contents/code/main.py > > into > > /usr/share/kde4/apps/plasma/plasmoids/appname > > I have tried doing this and then running kbuildsyscoca4, but it seems to > have no effect; i.e., the appname plasmoid doesn’t appear in the list of > plasmoids. > > So how should I properly install the plasmoid to make it show up? (Note > that creating a zip file and using plasmapkg to install it works fine, > but this only install the plasmoid in the current user’s directory, and > requires X running, so I don’t want to do this.)
You'll also need to copy the desktop file to $PREFIX/services/$NAME.desktop e.g. /usr/share/kde4/services/foobar.desktop (btw, that is also what plasmapkg does) HS _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
