Repeated items in the debian menu (solution provided -;)

[Brice]

Hi

I have an up-to-date hoary on which I installed the package menu-xdg to get
beneficits of the debian menu (maybe another name like Uapps or Umenu would be
fine).
Initially I got each application launcher repeated twice (i.e. 2 gedit items in
Debian>Apps>Editors). I fixed it by running in a console:

[brice@TuxBox:~ ] install-menu /etc/menu-methods/xdg-desktop-entry-spec-apps

however it seems that this command is a bit buggy!!! I launched it, the system
worked and became idle again but the console entry hasn't been given back to me
so I had to do a ctrl-C to get it back!

Best regards, Brice

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

*** Bug 14658 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

I don't get this bug here. What is the output of "gnome-menu-spec-test" ?

[Brice (bricem13)]

Here it is xhen the entrys in the debian submenu are doubled! taht appears after
running update-menus, then I have to apply my solution!

Accessories/ file-roller.desktop /usr/share/applications/file-roller.desktop
Accessories/ gcalctool.desktop /usr/share/applications/gcalctool.desktop
Accessories/ gucharmap.desktop /usr/share/applications/gucharmap.desktop
Accessories/ gnome-dictionary.desktop
/usr/share/applications/gnome-dictionary.desktop
Accessories/ graveman.desktop /usr/share/applications/graveman.desktop
Accessories/ gedit.desktop /usr/share/applications/gedit.desktop
Applications/ cantus.desktop /usr/share/gnome/apps/Applications/cantus.desktop
Debian/Apps/Editors/ X-Debian-Apps-Editors-gedit.desktop
/var/lib/menu-xdg/applications/menu-xdg/X-Debian-Apps-Editors-gedit.desktop
Debian/Apps/Editors/ menu-xdg-X-Debian-Apps-Editors-gedit.desktop
/home/brice/.local/share/applications/menu-xdg/X-Debian-Apps-Editors-gedit.desktop
Debian/Apps/Editors/ menu-xdg-X-Debian-Apps-Editors-nano.desktop
/home/brice/.local/share/applications/menu-xdg/X-Debian-Apps-Editors-nano.desktop
Debian/Apps/Editors/ X-Debian-Apps-Editors-nano.desktop
/var/lib/menu-xdg/applications/menu-xdg/X-Debian-Apps-Editors-nano.desktop
Debian/Apps/Editors/
menu-xdg-X-Debian-Apps-Editors-openoffice.org_from_template.desktop
/home/brice/.local/share/applications/menu-xdg/X-Debian-Apps-Editors-openoffice.org_from_template.desktop
Debian/Apps/Editors/ X-Debian-Apps-Editors-openoffice.org_from_template.desktop
/var/lib/menu-xdg/applications/menu-xdg/X-Debian-Apps-Editors-openoffice.org_from_template.desktop
Debian/Apps/Editors/
menu-xdg-X-Debian-Apps-Editors-openoffice.org_html_document.desktop
/home/brice/.local/share/applications/menu-xdg/X-Debian-Apps-Editors-openoffice.org_html_document.desktop
Debian/Apps/Editors/ X-Debian-Apps-Editors-openoffice.org_html_document.desktop
/var/lib/menu-xdg/applications/menu-xdg/X-Debian-Apps-Editors-openoffice.org_html_document.desktop
Debian/Apps/Editors/
menu-xdg-X-Debian-Apps-Editors-openoffice.org_writer.desktop
/home/brice/.local/share/applications/menu-xdg/X-Debian-Apps-Editors-openoffice.org_writer.desktop
Debian/Apps/Editors/ X-Debian-Apps-Editors-openoffice.org_writer.desktop
/var/lib/menu-xdg/applications/menu-xdg/X-Debian-Apps-Editors-openoffice.org_writer.desktop
Debian/Apps/Editors/ X-Debian-Apps-Editors-vim.desktop
/var/lib/menu-xdg/applications/menu-xdg/X-Debian-Apps-Editors-vim.desktop
Debian/Apps/Editors/ menu-xdg-X-Debian-Apps-Editors-vim.desktop
/home/brice/.local/share/applications/menu-xdg/X-Debian-Apps-Editors-vim.desktop
Debian/Apps/Editors/ X-Debian-Apps-Editors-xedit.desktop
/var/lib/menu-xdg/applications/menu-xdg/X-Debian-Apps-Editors-xedit.desktop
Debian/Apps/Editors/ menu-xdg-X-Debian-Apps-Editors-xedit.desktop
/home/brice/.local/share/applications/menu-xdg/X-Debian-Apps-Editors-xedit.desktop
Debian/Apps/Graphics/ X-Debian-Apps-Graphics-bitmap.desktop
/var/lib/menu-xdg/applications/menu-xdg/X-Debian-Apps-Graphics-bitmap.desktop
Debian/Apps/Graphics/ menu-xdg-X-Debian-Apps-Graphics-bitmap.desktop
/home/brice/.local/share/applications/menu-xdg/X-Debian-Apps-Graphics-bitmap.desktop
Debian/Apps/Graphics/
menu-xdg-X-D...

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

according to the output that's because you have a duplicate of all the entries
in ~/.local/share/applications/, do you know how you have put them here ?

[Brice (bricem13)]

here it is:

when the entrys are doubled (after an "update-menus" in a console):

[brice@TuxBox:~ ] ls .local/share/applications/
defaults.list gmplayer.desktop menu-xdg mimeinfo.cache
[brice@TuxBox:~ ] ls .local/share/applications/menu-xdg/
X-Debian-Apps-Editors-gedit.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Editors-nano.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Editors-openoffice.org_from_template.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Editors-openoffice.org_html_document.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Editors-openoffice.org_writer.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Editors-vim.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Editors-xedit.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Graphics-bitmap.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Graphics-blender_(full_screen).desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Graphics-blender_(windowed).desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Graphics-dia.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Graphics-kpovmodeler.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Graphics-openoffice.org_draw.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Graphics-openoffice.org_impress.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Graphics-the_gimp.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Graphics-xsane.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Math-bc.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Math-dc.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Math-openoffice.org_calc.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Math-openoffice.org_math.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Math-scilab.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Math-xcalc.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Math-xmaxima.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Net-gaim.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Net-gnomemeeting.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Net-irssi-text.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Net-manhole_twisted_client_(2.4).desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Net-mozilla_firefox.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Net-mozilla_thunderbird.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Net-mutt.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Net-telnet.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Net-terminal_server_client.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Net-twisted_application_generator_(2.4).desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Net-twisted_instance_messenger_(2.4).desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Net-w3m.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Net-xbiff.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Net-x_chat.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Net-xvncviewer.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Programming-gdb.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Programming-python_(v2.4).desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Programming-pyunit_(2.4).desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Programming-tclsh8.4.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Programming-tkwish8.4.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Shells-bash.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Shells-sh.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Sound-audacity.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Sound-cantus.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Sound-gmix_(gnome_2.0_mixer).desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Sound-gnome-cd_(gnome_2.0_cd_player).desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Sound-grecord_(gnome_2.0_recorder).desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Sound-jack_control.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Sound-rezound.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Sound-rhythmbox.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Sound-rosegarden4.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Sound-sound_juicer.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Sound-vumeter_(gnome_2.0_volume_meter).desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Sound-wmxmms.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-Sound-xmms.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-System-Admin-alsaconf.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-System-Admin-pppconfig.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-System-aptitude.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-System-boot_admin.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-System-dsl_pppoe_configuration_tool.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-System-gdm_flexiserver.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-System-gdm_flexiserver_in_xnest.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-System-gdm_photo_setup.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-System-gdm_setup.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-System-gnome_bug_report_tool.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-System-gnome_cups_manager.desktop
X-Debian-Apps-...

[Brice (bricem13)]

another note, I've never put something in .local/share, apparently update-menus
is the problem!
also it is still annoying to have to kill manually the command install-menu!

Regards, Brice

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

this upload fixes the issue:

 menu-xdg (0.2ubuntu1) hoary; urgency=low
 .
   * xdg-menu-spec: fix duplicate menu entries (Hoary: #8539).