Linux config Categories section

[sproket]

For my POM I use

xml <linuxConfig> <pngFile>${basedir}/src/main/resources/icon.png</pngFile> <generateAppImage>true</generateAppImage> <generateDeb>true</generateDeb> <generateRpm>false</generateRpm> <categories> <category>Games</category> </categories> </linuxConfig>

When I ran the DEB I ran fine but it put the game into Other on Linux Mint rather than Games. Any ideas why?

[daveshenal]

The issue is likely the category name.... The XDG Menu Specification uses Game (singular), not Games. Try:

<categories>
    <category>Game</category>
</categories>

check the generated .desktop file in your .deb to confirm Categories=Game; is being written correctly

[sproket]

Thanks! that works. I noticed another error in the build (but it succeeds anyway).

[ERROR] /bin/sh: 1: /home/dan/IdeaProjects/goldchest/target/assets/appimagetool: not found [ERROR] AppImage generation failed due to: Command execution failed: /home/dan/IdeaProjects/goldchest/target/assets/appimagetool --appimage-extract-and-run /home/dan/IdeaProjects/goldchest/target/assets/AppDir /home/dan/IdeaProjects/goldchest/target/goldchest.AppImage [ERROR] org.codehaus.plexus.util.cli.CommandLineException: Command execution failed: /home/dan/IdeaProjects/goldchest/target/assets/appimagetool --appimage-extract-and-run /home/dan/IdeaProjects/goldchest/target/assets/AppDir /home/dan/IdeaProjects/goldchest/target/goldchest.AppImage

It looks like it was caused by a failed download of this tool.

prior to this:
`
[INFO] Generating AppImage...
[INFO] Getting appimagetool...
[WARNING] Failed to download the file. Response code: 404
[INFO] File downloaded from [https://github.com/AppImage/AppImageKit/releases/download/13/appimagetool-x86_64.AppImage] to [/home/dan/IdeaProjects/goldchest/target/assets/appimagetool]
[INFO] App image tool found! /home/dan/IdeaProjects/goldchest/target/assets/appimagetool

`

In my case I downloaded it manually but it's not running my local copy. You want me to make a bug report?

[EasyG0ing1]

@sproket I would figure out where the executable binary is then move it to a path that is already in your PATH environment variable or add its path into your PATH variable.