** Changed in: unity Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1082034
Title: desktop files not picked up in /usr/local/share/ Status in Unity: Confirmed Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When installing a new application that uses python: distutils.core import setup with the default setting the .desktop file will end up in /usr/local/share/applications/ 1 Place a valid .desktop file in /usr/local/share/applications/ 2 run update-desktop-database -v (note that the desktop file is found as it's in a valid XDG_DATA_DIRS 3 Expect application to show in unity To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/1082034/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp