I keep seeing useful utilities hosted on GitHub, but downloading the Zip files just gives me a folder that won't install like a debian file will.
an example is this Desktop Capture application written specifically for Cinnamon, but I can't get it installed.
https://github.com/rjanja/desktop-capture
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Re: How do you install software from GitHub?
I "think" (sometimes) and this time my thoughts were wrong. NVM
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Re: How do you install software from GitHub?
Did you see
From the page, the .local folder is hidden, do a CTRL+h in file manager to show hidden foldersMove capture@rjanja folder into ~/.local/share/cinnamon/applets/
Restart Cinnamon (Alt+F2, r)
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Re: How do you install software from GitHub?
yes, I saw that, but it meant nothing to me, I just glossed right over it.
surely it can't be that simple?
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Re: How do you install software from GitHub?
You may have messed up permissions using elevated privileges in your home folder
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ls -al ~/.local/share/cinnamon/applets
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Re: How do you install software from GitHub?
If so, fix it like this:
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sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $HOME
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Re: How do you install software from GitHub?
Once it's added to
~/.local/share/cinnamon/applets
and Cinnamon has been restarted open the Applets setting module to add it to your panel.For custom Nemo actions, useful scripts for the Cinnamon desktop, and Cinnamox themes visit my Github pages.
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Re: How do you install software from GitHub?
This did the trick, and again, it is a useless application for me.
it just added another "junk" menu to get in the way of me saving Screenshots and having the Default "Save To" folder be
Desktop