superkret

What's the best way to hide the preinstalled software you don't need from the KDE menu?

https://feddit.org/post/1848630

What's the best way to hide the preinstalled software you don't need from the KDE menu? - feddit.org

shared from: https://feddit.org/post/1848262 [https://feddit.org/post/1848262] > I like the Slackware approach of installing the kitchen sink by default. Disk space is cheap. > But I find that the cluttering of the menus in KDE is a bit annoying. I use search to start my applications, and a lot of the time I have to type almost the full program name to get to the app I actually use. > What’s the easiest way to hide a large number of programs from the menus, which is also easily reversible? > > My first idea was renaming the .desktop files in /usr/share/applications to .hidden > But they seem to be recreated automatically. > > Another idea was to copy .desktop files from /usr/share/applications to ~/.local/share/applications and then do: > printf "\nHidden=True" | tee -a ~/.local/share/applications/*.desktop > > But I tried to add this manually with one test file and it didn’t seem to have any effect. > Is there a config file somewhere that specifies in which paths .desktop files are parsed? > > Or is there a better way? > > Thanks a lot, and happy slacking!

Aug 13, 2024 at 9:11amWeb
Show threadTheLugalAug 13, 2024
I’d just uninstall it.
Show thread𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬Aug 13, 2024
Came here to say exactly this.
Show threadLainTrainAug 13, 2024

That can be problematic because if OP installed via graphical install, it will uninstall the entire desktop, as likely the way the meta packages are structured - apt will think KDE Plasma was just installed as a dependency of KDE games or something and remove it alongside.

OP if you just want to hide it, perhaps deleting the .desktop files will do the trick?

Show threadsuperkretAug 13, 2024
There is no apt. This is Slackware, not Debian.
And I wrote in my post that deleting the .desktop files (or renaming them to .hidden, which has the same effect) didn’t stick.
Show threadLainTrainAug 13, 2024

Ah didn’t realize you were actually using slackware, my bad, I thought you were just referencing the slackware approach of a full install

Also I would not assume that deleting them and renaming them has the same effect. Unless you’ve seen the source code and can confirm how it works, the pattern matching for files could be something that looks for anything in that folder, or anything containing .desktop (if you renamed them like .desktop -> .desktop.hidden)

Based on a quick Google search it’s a bug in KDE, and even uninstalling the application does not always remove it from the menu.

Show threadsuperkretAug 13, 2024
Thanks for the reply, but if I wanted to go with that option, I wouldn’t need to ask.
Slackware works best if you keep the default installation intact and just add to it what you need.
Show threadMsFlammkuchenAug 13, 2024
Maybe chmod 000 the .desktop files works.
Show threadthingsiplayAug 13, 2024
Wouldn’t this disable the application for any service or program that looksup the .desktop file from /usr/share/applications/ directory?
Show threadnmtakeAug 13, 2024

Can you try true instead of True?

…freedesktop.org/…/value-types.html

Values of type boolean must either be the string true or false.

Possible value types | Desktop Entry Specification

The value types recognized are string, localestring, iconstring, boolean, and numeric. Values of type string may contain all ASCII characters except for control characters. Values of type localestring are user displayable, and are encoded in UTF-8. Values of type iconstring are the names of icons; t…

Show threadDW ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Aug 13, 2024
@superkret copy the .desktop file to your users .local/share/applications and edit it to have NoDisplay=true
Show threadhollyberriesAug 13, 2024
Piggybacking onto this, MenuLibre also works and the “hide from menus” setting does exactly that if a GUI is preferable. I used it to hide a bunch of VSTs a while back.
GitHub - bluesabre/menulibre: MenuLibre is an advanced menu editor that provides modern features in a clean, easy-to-use interface.

MenuLibre is an advanced menu editor that provides modern features in a clean, easy-to-use interface. - bluesabre/menulibre

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Show threadmarkstosAug 13, 2024

Also add NoDisplay=true

…freedesktop.org/…/recognized-keys.html

Recognized desktop entry keys | Desktop Entry Specification

Keys are either OPTIONAL or REQUIRED. If a key is OPTIONAL it may or may not be present in the file. However, if it isn't, the implementation of the standard should not blow up, it must provide some sane defaults. Some keys only make sense in the context when another particular key is also present a…