Installed afresh SWH3D 7.1 on fresh Linux Mint 21.1.
1- when starting the app Linux mint says "Do you want to run SWH3D or display its content ?¨ Options "Run in terminal" "Display" "Cancel" "Run"
File propererties rw-r -r -x
Is all of this necessary, is there a simpler way ?
Ask the guys who make the snap package for Mint.
If You read and follow the official linux install instructions from here and the few recommended links,
you could have something like this (mine) as desktop shortcut:
[Desktop Entry]
Comment[en_US]=
Comment=
Exec=/home/nea-dorin/Sweet_Home_3D/SweetHome3D-7.1/SweetHome3D-nimbus
GenericName[en_US]=Home designer
GenericName=Home designer
Icon=/home/nea-dorin/Sweet_Home_3D/SweetHome3DIcon.png
MimeType=
Name[en_US]=Sweet Home 3D
Name=Sweet Home 3D
Path=/home/nea-dorin/Sweet_Home_3D
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
TerminalOptions=
Type=Application
X-DBUS-ServiceName=
X-DBUS-StartupType=
X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false
X-KDE-Username=
In this way you will avoid many other headaches.
A computer program does what you tell it to do, not what you want it to do. Murphy's Law When all else fails, read the instructions. Murphy's Law If you don't like "AS IS", DIY. Dorin's law
Ask the guys who make the snap package for Mint.
If You read and follow the official linux install instructions from here and the few recommended links,
In this way you will avoid many other headaches.
Dorin,
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a) Mint doesn´t use SNAP, SNAP was the reason why I quit Ubuntu for Linux Mint in the first place, SNAP is turned off in Linux mint,
so there is no SNAP specialist at Linux Mint to ask silly questions
b) I installed the SWH3D from the sweethome3d.com/ repositories according to the instructions on the website
c) unless i missed something I did perform the actions necessary to create the desktop file That transcient desktop file is actually created when SWH#D is started, then I copied and saved it into a desktop file .
I'm sorry!
The content of your desktop file suggested me the SNAP or other kind of installation.
Few unnecessary indications:
After you extract the SweetHome3D-7.1-linux-x64.tgz,
inside the folder SweetHome3D-7.1 you will have two bash files: SweetHome3D and SweetHome3D-Java3D-1_5_2. To one of this have to point the Exec= statement from desktop file.
All your huge entry it is inside of this files and this is necessary for program to run.
My SweetHome3D-nimbus it is a customized file to use Nimbus Look and Fill.
Also, in my installation, I use an extra folder, to store multiple variants of SH3D and the editors, named Sweet_Home_3D.
A computer program does what you tell it to do, not what you want it to do. Murphy's Law When all else fails, read the instructions. Murphy's Law If you don't like "AS IS", DIY. Dorin's law
