Score:1

Ubuntu

I can't find the installed application (HDSentinel_GUI) anywhere

Andrew Harlan

6/7/23, 12:09 PM

I've downloaded and installed HDSentinel GUI tar package but I can't see it in the application panel. Where can I find it?

I've installed it as below:

tar -xvf hdsentinel_gui64bit.tar.xz
cd HDSentinel_GUI
sudo ./install.sh

Content of install.sh:

#!/bin/bash
clear
echo ""
echo "Unzip the HDSentinel_GUI archive to /home/your user name/HDSentinel_Light/"
echo ""
##Unzip the HDSentinel_GUI archive
unzip HDSentinel_GUI.zip -d ~/
echo ""
echo "Copy icon the icon folder"
echo ""
##Copy icon the icon folder
sudo cp ~/HDSentinel_GUI/HDSentinel_GUI.ico -t /usr/share/icons
echo "Set owner and permission for icon"
echo ""
##Set owner and permission for icon
sudo chmod 444 /usr/share/icons/HDSentinel_GUI.ico
echo "Make directory 'usr/share/bin' if not present"
echo ""
##make directory usr/share/bin if not present
sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/bin
echo "Premission for folder"
echo ""
##premission for folder
sudo chmod -R a+rwx /usr/share/bin
echo "Copy to bin library"
echo ""
##Copy the bin folder
sudo cp ~/HDSentinel_GUI/HDSentinel_GUI -t /usr/share/bin
sudo cp ~/HDSentinel_GUI/HDSentinel -t /usr/share/bin
echo "Set premission for application"
echo ""
##Set premission for application
sudo chmod a+rwx /usr/share/bin/HDSentinel_GUI
sudo chmod a+rwx /usr/share/bin/HDSentinel
echo "Make directory for user menu if not present"
echo ""
##Make directory for user menu if not present
sudo mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications
echo "Copy launcher to user menu"
echo ""
##Copy launcher to user menu
sudo cp ~/HDSentinel_GUI/Hard_Disk_Sentinel_GUI.desktop -t ~/.local/share/applications
echo "Set premission for menu launcher"
echo ""
##set premission for menu launcher
sudo chmod a+rwx ~/.local/share/applications/Hard_Disk_Sentinel_GUI.desktop
echo "Copy launcher to Asztal if present"
echo ""
##copy launcher to desktop
##sudo cp ~/HDSentinel_GUI/Hard_Disk_Sentinel_GUI.desktop -t ~/Asztal
##echo "Copy launcher to Desktop if present"
echo ""
##copy launcher to desktop eng
##sudo cp ~/HDSentinel_GUI/Hard_Disk_Sentinel_GUI.desktop -t ~/Desktop
echo ""
##echo "Set premission for launcher (Desktop)"
echo ""
##Set premission for launcher
##sudo chmod a+rwx ~/Desktop/Hard_Disk_Sentinel_GUI.desktop
echo ""
##echo "Set premission for launcher (Asztal)"
echo ""
##set premission for launcher
##sudo chmod a+rwx ~/Asztal/Hard_Disk_Sentinel_GUI.desktop
echo "Remove install temp directory (/home/your user name/HDSentinel_GUI/)"
##Remove ~/HDSentinel_GUI directory
rm -d -rf ~/HDSentinel_GUI

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Glubbdrubb

6/7/23, 12:10 PM

What steps did you follow to install it?

Andrew Harlan

6/7/23, 12:13 PM

I'll add it to original question.

Glubbdrubb

6/7/23, 12:15 PM

Could you include the content of the `ìnstall.sh` file?

Someone

6/7/23, 12:18 PM

Can you add the output of `ls ~/.local/share/applications | grep -i Hard`

Glubbdrubb

6/7/23, 12:19 PM

Did the install procedure produce any errors? From that file, you should have a desktop shortcut.

Andrew Harlan

6/7/23, 12:24 PM

There was no error but I don't have a desktop icon. @Someone this turns out nothing. I just installed ubuntu few hours ago.

Someone

6/7/23, 12:28 PM

Is there any directory named `HDSentinel_GUI` in your `~/` directory?

Andrew Harlan

6/7/23, 12:35 PM

That is home directory, right? No, there isn't.

Someone

6/7/23, 12:37 PM

@AndrewHarlan Try running: `sudo unzip ~/Downloads/HDSentinel_GUI.zip -d ~/`.

Andrew Harlan

6/7/23, 12:38 PM

No such file or directory it says. Actually I found it at usr/share/bin directory.

Someone

6/7/23, 12:39 PM

Where is the `.zip` file of HDSentinel?

Andrew Harlan

6/7/23, 12:40 PM

Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/133924/discussion-between-andrew-harlan-and-someone).

Score:2

Ubuntu

waltinator

6/7/23, 4:48 PM

The script copied the executable files to /usr/share/bin/:

sudo cp ~/HDSentinel_GUI/HDSentinel_GUI -t /usr/share/bin
sudo cp ~/HDSentinel_GUI/HDSentinel -t /usr/share/bin

The "launcher" (a .desktop file) was copied to /.local/share/applications/.

sudo cp ~/HDSentinel_GUI/Hard_Disk_Sentinel_GUI.desktop -t ~/.local/share/applications

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Andrew Harlan

6/8/23, 6:39 AM

When I double click on the .desktop file, it opens with text editor. Shouldn't it suppose to launch the application instead?

Score:2

Ubuntu

Someone

6/8/23, 10:44 AM

Apparently, there were some errors with the installation script ie. There was no .zip file in ~/ for the desktop launchers. We fixed the error in this chat room.

Here are the steps we followed:

Reinstall the application:

cd /tmp && wget https://www.hdsentinel.com/hdslin/hdsentinel_gui64bit.tar.xz && tar -xvf hdsentinel_gui64bit.tar.xz && cd HDSentinel_GUI && sudo ./install.sh

The ~/ directory now had a directory named HD_Sentinel_GUI.
Next, we created a launcher file at desktop and the applications overview:
```
sudo cp ~/HDSentinel_GUI/Hard_Disk_Sentinel_GUI.desktop ~/Desktop 
```
Next, we gave executable permissions to the file so that it won't open with a text editor:
```
sudo chmod +x ~/HDSentinel_GUI/Hard_Disk_Sentinel_GUI.desktop
```

Next, we created a desktop launcher for the Applications Overview:

sudo cp ~/Desktop/Hard_Disk_Sentinel_GUI.desktop /usr/share/applications/

Now, the app was appearing as a launcher and was working as expected!

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Elon Musk

I sit in a Tesla and translated this thread with Ai:

EN: I can't find the installed application (HDSentinel_GUI) anywhere

TH: ฉันไม่พบแอปพลิเคชันที่ติดตั้ง (HDSentinel_GUI) ที่ใดก็ได้

RO: Nu găsesc nicăieri aplicația instalată (HDSentinel_GUI).

RU: Я нигде не могу найти установленное приложение (HDSentinel_GUI)

VI: Tôi không thể tìm thấy ứng dụng đã cài đặt (HDSentinel_GUI) ở bất cứ đâu

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