Blocked While Trying to Frescobaldi

[Peter Payzant]

I'm trying to install Frescobaldi on a new Ubuntu machine. I have tried more than one approach, with considerable frustration, and am now stuck after downloading and unzipping V4.0.4 from github. (May I insert here, that was in itself a real challenge for someone not familiar with github)

I'm now stuck at the section "Installing the desktop file" in the file "INSTALL.md". The text here is 

                                                                             
### Installing the desktop file                                             
The desktop file is what enabled you to run Frescobaldi as a normal application, by clicking on an icon, instead of running Frescobaldi in a terminal.      
Install it using 
    cd frescobaldi
    desktop-file-install --dir ~/.local/share/applications/ --set-      icon        
    $PWD/frescobaldi/icons/org.frescobaldi.Frescobaldi.svg  linux/org.frescobaldi.Frescobaldi.desktop 
    update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/                            cd ..                                                           

  After waiting a few seconds, you should find a Frescobaldi application on your system.

I was able to at least run the "desktop-file-install" program, but the ?file name?

 

       linux/org.frescobaldi.Frescobaldi.desktop

was what stopped me. I think that the line breaks in this part of the installation instructions may be the source of some confusion on my part.

Can anyone enlighten me, please?

Thanks!

[Federico Bruni]

Il giorno lun 25 ago 2025 alle 14:04:41 -07:00:00, Peter Payzant
<pe...@payzant.net> ha scritto:

> I'm now stuck at the section "Installing the desktop file" in the
> file "INSTALL.md". The text here is
>
> ### Installing the desktop file
> The desktop file is what enabled you to run Frescobaldi as a normal
> application, by clicking on an icon, instead of running Frescobaldi
> in a terminal.
> Install it using
> cd frescobaldi
> desktop-file-install --dir ~/.local/share/applications/ --set-
> icon
> $PWD/frescobaldi/icons/org.frescobaldi.Frescobaldi.svg
> linux/org.frescobaldi.Frescobaldi.desktop
> update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/
> cd ..
> After waiting a few seconds, you should find a Frescobaldi
> application on your system.
>
> I was able to at least run the "desktop-file-install" program, but
> the ?file name?
>
> linux/org.frescobaldi.Frescobaldi.desktop
>
> was what stopped me. I think that the line breaks in this part of the
> installation instructions may be the source of some confusion on my
> part.

It seems you are reading a text file and the line wraps seem messed up.
Perhaps you should follow the html page?
https://github.com/frescobaldi/frescobaldi/blob/master/INSTALL.md#installing-the-desktop-file

You may copy&paste just the desktop-file-install line, then you can
type the rest...