About the Librewolf browser

[Member kaye]

Hello Friends!

I’m trying out the Librewolf web browser. I’ve created a file named librewolf.desktop in /usr/share/applications

This .desktop file has the following lines:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=librewolf
Comment=Web editor
Exec=/var/lib/flatpak/app/io.gitlab.librewolf-community/x86_64/stable/active/export/bin/io.gitlab.librewolf-community
Icon=/var/lib/flatpak/app/io.gitlab.librewolf-community/x86_64/stable/749523089c30e7b80c63099590f4d0ca61d72f80b0d819919b5ca4008668937b/files/lib/librewolf/browser/chrome/icons/default/default32.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Network;
StartupNotify=true

The problem is the icon won’t appear in Menu -> Applications -> Internet

However if I copy the librewolf.desktop in /usr/share/applications and paste it onto /home/user/Desktop , I can run the librewolf browser just fine by double-clicking the icon.

Is there a way to get it into Menu -> Applications -> Internet ?

Thank you for your time!

• This topic was modified 6 months, 3 weeks ago by kaye.

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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You can install latest Librewolf browser as a deb – no need for a flatpak.

deb [arch=amd64] http://deb.librewolf.net bullseye main

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[Member calciumsodium]

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Hello,

Perhaps you can try:
1. Menu > Refresh Menu

otherwise

2. Menu > Applications > Preference > Menu Manager . Then click Applications. Then Show. Then choose Librewolf.

I installed librewolf directly from the repository. So it created its own desktop file called start-librewolf.desktop.

The following are contents from that start-librewolf.desktop file. Perhaps you can adapt to your needs:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=LibreWolf
GenericName=Web Browser
# Gnome and KDE 3 uses Comment.
Comment=Web Browser
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application
MimeType=application/json;application/pdf;application/rdf+xml;application/rss+xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xhtml_xml;application/xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;image/webp;text/html;text/xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
Comment=LibreWolf Browser
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;Security;
StartupWMClass=librewolf-default
Exec=/usr/share/librewolf/librewolf %u
Icon=/usr/share/librewolf/browser/chrome/icons/default/default64.png

Actions=new-window;new-private-window;safe-mode;preferences;

[Desktop Action new-window]
Name=New Window
Exec=/usr/share/librewolf/librewolf
[Desktop Action new-private-window]
Name=New Private Window
Exec=/usr/share/librewolf/librewolf --private-window %u
[Desktop Action safe-mode]
Name=Start in Safe Mode
Exec=/usr/share/librewolf/librewolf --safe-mode
[Desktop Action preferences]
Name=Show Preferences
Exec=/usr/share/librewolf/librewolf --preferences

[Member blur13]

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sudo desktop-menu –write-out-global

(double dash before “write-out-global”)

This is run after installing with apt automatically. If you create your own desktop files you need to run it manually. The “refresh menu” in icewm does nothing.

check .icewm/menu

prog “Refresh Menu” /usr/share/icons/papirus-antix/48×48/apps/update-manager.png desktop-menu –write-out-global

Since its not run as sudo it wont do anything. I guess adding sudo and removing the need for a password for desktop-menu might fix that.

[Member kaye]

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Thanks for your responses.

This did the trick:
Menu > Applications > Preference > Menu Manager . Then click Applications. Then Show. Then choose Librewolf.

Thank you

• This reply was modified 6 months, 2 weeks ago by kaye.

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