Generated desktop file incorrect when building from source on chromeos

[drewolson]

I have successfully built ghostty from source on chromeos, however the generated desktop file required modifications in order to work. The Exec=ghostty entry did not work until I updated it to a full path, e.g. Exec=/home/<my user>/.local/bin/ghostty. I made these modifications based on the generated desktop file that kitty creates on installation.

[mitchellh]

I believe the desktop files support your $PATH which is why we do this. $HOME/.local/bin should be added to your path.

[drewolson]

Ah, I think I know what the problem is based on your helpful comment. $HOME/.local/bin is indeeed on my path, but only for zsh, which I start using the command attribute in my config. The default shell for chromeos's linux container is bash, but I've tried adding to my PATH in both .bash-profile and .profile, and neither seems to help.

[rocketeerbkw]

I've tried adding to my PATH

It has to be on your system $PATH #3986 (comment)