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Installation fails on a system with localized user subdirectories #1148

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zenmonkeykstop opened this issue Jul 11, 2024 · 0 comments
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zenmonkeykstop commented Jul 11, 2024

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Description

The installation procedure uses the hard-coded /home/user/Desktop path, which does not exist on systems set up with the fr_FR locale (and likely others), as it is set up with /home/user/Bureau instead.

Steps to Reproduce

Install Qubes with fr_FR locale
Install SDW following usual process

Expected Behavior

Installation completes successfully.

Actual Behavior

Installation fails when installing SecureDropUpdater.desktop, as the expected parent directory does not exist.

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The correct value per-locale can be found via xdg-user-dir DESKTOP - so we should probably use that. In the meantime, @cfm recommended a symlink workaround, which does allow the installation to proceed with minimal cultural insensitivity.

@legoktm legoktm changed the title [1.0.0] INstallation fails on a system with localized user subdirectories Installation fails on a system with localized user subdirectories Jul 11, 2024
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