How can I find out what .desktop file is being launched?
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Published on 2013-10-18T15:30:19Z
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I've used click install
and click register
to install a click app on Ubuntu (not Ubuntu Touch). The version was 0.5.1.
Now, a new version (v0.5.6) is available and I installed it using the same method.
I know the new version is installed because the current
directory points to 0.5.6
:
$ ll /opt/click.ubuntu.com/com.ubuntu.developer.mdspencer.ubuntu-tasks/
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 4 clickpkg clickpkg 4096 Oct 18 10:19 ./
drwxr-xr-x 8 clickpkg clickpkg 4096 Sep 13 21:22 ../
drwxr-xr-x 10 clickpkg clickpkg 4096 Sep 13 20:01 0.5.1/
drwxr-xr-x 10 clickpkg clickpkg 4096 Oct 18 10:19 0.5.6/
lrwxrwxrwx 1 clickpkg clickpkg 5 Oct 18 10:19 current -> 0.5.6/
However, when I launch the application from the Dash, the about page still shows v0.5.1.
So my question is, how can I find out where the .desktop
file that I'm launching resides so I can understand why the correct version isn't being launched? I'm also simply curious to learn where the click .desktop
files live. Is there some tool that shows where a given .desktop
file is, or is there a way to see the equivalent to $PATH
for .desktop
files?
Note: this is similar to, but not a duplicate of, How to find the .desktop files for pinned applications in the Unity launcher?
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