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</syntaxhighlight>In case a program is missing a .desktop-file, the following example adds a <code>librewolf.desktop</code> file to the MIME database with the specific binary path.<syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||
To list all .desktop-files, run | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | |||
ls /run/current-system/sw/share/applications # for global packages | |||
ls /etc/profiles/per-user/$(id -n -u)/share/applications # for user packages | |||
ls ~/.nix-profile/share/applications # for home-manager packages | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | |||
In case a program is missing a .desktop-file, the following example adds a <code>librewolf.desktop</code> file to the MIME database with the specific binary path.<syntaxhighlight lang="nix"> | |||
home-manager.users.myuser = { | home-manager.users.myuser = { | ||
xdg.desktopEntries.librewolf = { | xdg.desktopEntries.librewolf = { | ||
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</syntaxhighlight> | |||
If you don't know the exact mime type of a file, you can use the <code>file</code> command. | |||
<syntaxhighlight lang="shell"> | |||
file --mime-type -b $file_name | |||
</syntaxhighlight> | </syntaxhighlight> | ||