Arduino Linux, system wide installation isn't done correctly

When running the install script as root, the *.desktop file is placed in /usr/share/applications. I think that should be /usr/local/share/applications or /opt/.....

It seems to be fixed in the new IDE install: https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/641 https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/pull/356/commits/b4db350ffbc80bf42a177a959f120e73c959a2f2

Processing seems to have this issue as well. Both install scripts are very similar. https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/308#issuecomment-983098130

Dec 01 '21 09:12 avlapp

So is this resolved?

Mar 13 '22 03:03 DragonflyRobotics

When I install both Arduino and Processing in /opt using the default install scripts, when Arduino launches, it displays the Processing icon in the taskbar. Odd.

Mar 13 '22 10:03 avlapp

Interesting, could you provide the screenshots and the installers you used. I think I can help since I have had a similar issue before.

Mar 13 '22 15:03 DragonflyRobotics

it displays the Processing icon in the taskbar

This issue is tracked at https://github.com/arduino/Arduino/issues/11744

Mar 13 '22 15:03 per1234

Thanks for your report @avlapp

It seems to be fixed in the new IDE install

That is great news. This means we can consider this resolved by the Arduino IDE 2.0.0 stable release.

Sep 24 '22 15:09 per1234