I want my service menu to be installable via Dolphin’s settings “Download New Services” option but what is the proper way to create an installer to get my files into the correct directory?
I created a .deb file but this causes a problem since it needs root privileges and no popup displays when installing through Dolphin so it crashes.
Other service menus I have seen handle it in a mish-mash of ways with instructions to download manually and run a shell script (don’t want to require that) or copy files individually to the correct location (don’t want to do that.)
Is there a decent method here I’m missing, and one that ideally handles automated updates when I upload a newer version?
You can copy what others have done.
For instance phoronix_test_suite - KDE Store
The install.sh is called to install and the uninstall.sh when uninstalling…
Hi thanks for the response and the heads-up on the website.
The example you posted doesn’t answer the main part of the question since it gives instructions to manually run the install script whereas I want something that installs automatically from the Dolphin menu.
It also uses the downloads folder as the ‘installed’ path for the executable - very bad practice IMO.
Is an install script the preferred way? Presumably there’s some way to have Dolphin launch it automatically?