Hi everyone,

I have a technical question:

I have Inkscape 1.32 as an AppImage, with a .desktop file added to my applications.

So running it from the app menu (SUPER key) works.

But it doesn't appear in the list of programms, which comes up when I chose 'Open with...' in Nautilus.

Anyone knows the trick? (:

Best

Carroll

I just use the PPA and avoid snap/appimage. 

Does your distro support Ubuntu ppa?

Yes, I had used PPA before, but changed, because I wanted to get 1.2 before it was rolled.

And right now I have very limited data, so I'd try to avoid switching.

But long term that's a good idea (: Thanks!

I have an answer! (:

1. Create desktop file for inkscape:

For system-wide in: /usr/share/application

For user-wide in: ~/.local/share/applications/

inkscape.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Inkscape
Exec= <path to AppImage>
Icon= <path to icon>
Type=Application
Categories=GTK;GNOME;Utility;
MimeType=image/svg+xml;

2. Run:

sudo update-desktop-database

to upgrade MIME handles

If that doesn't do it:

xdg-mime default inkscape.desktop image/svg+xml

Hey, I just created this account to answer to this thread. :)

This is actually something related to AppImages and not to Inkscape itself.

AppImages, if just downloaded, are easily executable and have many advantages, but are not nicely integrated into the system and not in menus. But because of that, appimaged or AppImageLauncher exist, that both act as daemon that automatically register all AppImages existing in certain places so that they are integrated in all menus without manual intervention. The AppImage documentation is currently being rewritten with better information in regards to this.