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I have created a .desktop for some applications in KDE inside .local/share/applications, I would like to know if it is possible to add them to 'favorites' in the application launcher from the terminal, as I create the .desktop from a script, similar to this question Add app to favorites from command line but for KDE

thanks in advance

otaolafr
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The favorites are stored by kactivitymanagerd service. We can have the script talk to the service:

# <Have your script create the .desktop file>
DESKTOP_FILE_NAME=org.kde.dolphin.desktop # Specify the name of the file

Add to application launcher favorites


if pgrep -cfU $UID '^/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/kactivitymanagerd$' > /dev/null; then


The service is running so ask it to add the new favorite


in the same way plasmashell would ask it to.


dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=org.kde.ActivityManager /ActivityManager/Resources/Linking org.kde.ActivityManager.ResourcesLinking.LinkResourceToActivity string:org.kde.plasma.favorites.applications string:applications:"$DESKTOP_FILE_NAME" string::any


Refresh the display


kquitapp5 plasmashell &> /dev/null
  kstart5 plasmashell  &> /dev/null
else


The service is not running, so modify the favorites database.


echo "INSERT INTO ResourceLink(usedActivity,initiatingAgent,targettedResource) VALUES (':global','org.kde.plasma.favorites.applications','applications:$DESKTOP_FILE_NAME');" | sqlite3 ~/.local/share/kactivitymanagerd/resources/database
fi
Daniel T
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  • Hello Daniel, thanks for your answer, could you clarify a little bit better the 'script interact'? as I thought that kactivitymanagerd was a file but it is a folder in $HOME/.local/share thanks in advance – otaolafr Feb 09 '24 at 12:15
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    @otaolafr The 'script interact' doesn't mean much. It's just a random sentence I used for the introduction. I changed it to "have the script talk to the service". kactivitymanagerd is indeed an executable file at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libexec/kactivitymanagerd but it *stores its data* in the folder at ~/.local/share/kactivitymanagerd. It's just like how konsole is an executable file at /usr/bin/konsole but stores its files in the folder at ~/.local/share/konsole – Daniel T Feb 09 '24 at 16:54