That's what we are talking about.  You can put your own firefox.desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications/ and it will supersede the package installed version of the file.  I've found just about everything in linux has a similar directory hierarchy so you have control over a complete system and/or individual program by putting alternative versions of config files in their proper places. According to the spec (https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/index.html) the order that the .desktop files are searched for is in $XDG_DATA_DIRS and the first one found is used. Brian Cluff On 3/22/21 6:40 PM, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote: > You know, I fscking hate this between distros, but for arch on mine, > it's /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop, and every time I update > it resets to defaults I hate.  I keep a copy of firefox.desktop as I > need a menu to create a "choose profile" menu for firefox when I need > many profiles for different customers, all with their own needs like > different google and microsith profiles for orfice365.  Make sure > you're hitting the right file for the distro as different from > deb/ubuntu/mint. > > I'd say copy a working entry outside where you find the *.desktop > files, and just replace what works in a remote location to upgrade > when your dist.  Firefox is the only thing to overwrite and piss me > off every time that I know to copy this when I update.  I normally > just right click and do "Choose profile" for firefox for the plethora > of profiles, adding that option to my firefox.desktop file, but > apparently I'm the only person to do this, so shenanigans needed.  > Same as yours I presume.  Start with a working one at least. > > I need to play with this some, as I'd love to relaunch my 6-7 firefox > profiles automatically, and not screw with my options to launch > manually.  I'm sure there are easier ways to do this normally, but I'm > lazy to do so.  /me shrugs > > -mb > > > On Mon, Mar 22, 2021 at 11:31 AM Steve B via PLUG-discuss > > wrote: > > Thank you. The original goal was to add it to the menu in Pop OS. > I'll look again, but don't recall seeing it after I created it in > ~/.local/share/applications. Do I need to use "--register-app" to > add it, or should it just show up? > > On Sat, Mar 20, 2021, 10:30 PM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss > > wrote: > > A desktop file is standardized configuration file for Linux > desktops that describe how to represent a program in the menus > (complete with multiple language support), and how to launch > it. So you can't just launch it directly because it doesn't > mean anything to the command line.  It should however be > showing up in your menus now and so you can put it in your > favorites and easily launch it that way. > > That being cause, you can kinda turn it into an executable by > adding something like the following to the very top of the > desktop file: > #!/usr/bin/kioclient5 exec > > That will tell the system to execute the desktop file with > kioclient... of course you need to be running KDE for that to > work correctly.  I'm not sure what the GNOME equivalent of > that command is. > > Personally I would just pretty alt+F2 or alt+space may work as > well and just start to type  "Sandboxed Web Browser" and you > may only have to type Sand or so before you can press enter > and have it launch. > > Alternatives to starting it from the command line: > Create a file called sandfox in /usr/local/bin/ and put the > following into it. > #!/bin/bash > /usr/bin/firejail --apparmor firefox $@ > > Then set it to be executable and then you can execute sandfox > from anywhere. > > You could also set and alias with: > alias sandfox="/usr/bin/firejail --apparmor firefox" > > That will allow you to type sandfox and internally it will > replace that with "/usr/bin/firejail --apparmor firefox".  > That should also work in most places equally well, but only > for your username. > That's a one shot way of making that available.  If you want > it to be permanent you'll need to add that line to your > .bashrc file with: > echo alias sandfox='"/usr/bin/firejail --apparmor firefox"' > >>~/.bashrc > > I can't remember what your original goals were, so I hope the > above isn't completely shooting the dark. > > Brian Cluff > > On 3/19/21 10:25 PM, Steve B via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> I took Brian's recommendation and created a file in >> ~/.local/share/applications called sandfox.desktop. Contents >> of that file are: >> >> [Desktop Entry] >> Encoding=UTF-8 >> Type=Application >> Icon=/home/steve/Pictures/firejailed_firefox128.png >> Exec=/usr/bin/firejail --apparmor firefox >> Name=Sandboxed Web Browser >> Terminal=false >> >> I have it set to executable but when i try to run it >> "./sandfox.desktop" I get the error: >> ./sandfox.desktop: line 1: [Desktop: command not found >> ./sandfox.desktop: line 5: --apparmor: command not found >> ./sandfox.desktop: line 6: Web: command not found >> >> Is my file misconfigured or what do I not have correct? >> >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 5:47 PM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss >> > > wrote: >> >> Under debian based distros, overriding an overwrite of >> ANY installed file is easily done. >> There's a really cool tool called dpkg-divert that the >> system uses to take whatever files would normally be >> installed and steer them into a different place so that >> you can put your own version of the file in the same >> place without fear of it going away on the next update. >> >> Just do: >> dpkg-divert --add --rename >> /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop >> >> In this case, that would be the overkill and less correct >> way of handing the problem.  A better way would be to put >> your own version of the firefox.desktop into certain >> directories and that cause it to override the system >> version of the config.  Put them in >> ~/.local/share/applications/ to change an individual user >> and|| /usr/local/share/applications/ to effect every user >> on the system. >> >> Brian Cluff >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list -PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss