programs-integrator 0.3

Description:

programsintegrator 0.3

Programs Integrator
Programs integrator is a GNU/Linux daemon program, written in python, dynamicly generating "Programs" directory in user's home directory. It scans all XDG_DATA_DIRS periodically and makes symbolic links inside the managed directory to application desktop entries.
systemd
Program is running as user systemd service. User session with graphical environment is required to run and manage the program.
programs-integrator-ctl
It starts graphical tool managing configuration of the program. The configuration is stored in "~/.config/programs-integrator" directory. It let's you change settings, list destkop entries excluded from linking and provides you with information about XDG_DATA_DIRS.

Installation
Application supports only user install. System wide installation won't work, as this app serves as user-only service.
Installing package
Installing with PIP
programs-integrator is avalable as a PyPI package. It can be downloaded and installed with PIP
pip install --user programs-integrator

Manual installation
Installing program manually is not recommended, as application is not managed by any package manager. Manual installation can be done with "setup.py" script using setuputils package.
git clone https://github.com/artudi54/programs-integrator
cd programs-integrator
./setup.py install --single-version-externally-managed

Registering systemd service
To start the service it is required to enable systemd user service
systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user enable programs-integrator.service
systemctl --user start programs-integrator.service

License

For personal and professional use. You cannot resell or redistribute these repositories in their original state.

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