From c11cf41f305018af76c4deea1c8695cdc4cc6610 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zadam <zadam.apps@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2022 20:52:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] don't create app icon for flatpak/debian linux builds, fixes
 #3201

---
 src/services/app_icon.js | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/services/app_icon.js b/src/services/app_icon.js
index 07d031418..a749c53fa 100644
--- a/src/services/app_icon.js
+++ b/src/services/app_icon.js
@@ -28,11 +28,17 @@ function installLocalAppIcon() {
         return;
     }
 
+    if (!fs.existsSync(path.resolve(ELECTRON_APP_ROOT_DIR, "trilium-portable.sh"))) {
+        // simple heuristic to detect ".tar.xz" linux build (i.e. not flatpak, not debian)
+        // only in such case it's necessary to create an icon
+        return;
+    }
+
     const desktopDir = path.resolve(os.homedir(), '.local/share/applications');
 
     fs.stat(desktopDir, function (err, stats) {
         if (err) {
-            // Directory doesn't exist so we won't attempt to create the .desktop file
+            // Directory doesn't exist, so we won't attempt to create the .desktop file
             return;
         }
 
@@ -64,4 +70,4 @@ function getExePath() {
 
 module.exports = {
     installLocalAppIcon
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};