sudo curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/aarestu/a8f8db3c50dc4ba5c9a64a5abc9a7623/raw/web2app -o /usr/bin/web2app && sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/web2app$ web2app -n Whatsapp https://web.whatsapp.com/ 
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one command to install Nativefier, create desktop app for any web site also make shortcut icon for you [tested on Pop!_OS]
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| if ! command -v node &> /dev/null | |
| then | |
| echo "nodejs could not be found" | |
| sudo apt install -y nodejs | |
| fi | |
| if ! command -v npm &> /dev/null | |
| then | |
| echo "npm could not be found" | |
| sudo apt install -y npm | |
| fi | |
| if ! command -v nativefier &> /dev/null | |
| then | |
| echo "nativefier could not be found" | |
| sudo npm install -g nativefier | |
| fi | |
| TARGET_PATH=~/.local/share/nativefier | |
| mkdir -p $TARGET_PATH | |
| SHORTCUT_TARGET_PATH=~/.local/share/applications | |
| mkdir -p $SHORTCUT_TARGET_PATH | |
| ARGS_NATIVEFIER=$@ | |
| while test $# -gt 0 | |
| do | |
| case "$1" in | |
| -*) PARAM="$1" | |
| ;; | |
| *) if [ "$PARAM" = "-n" ] || [ "$PARAM" = "--name" ] | |
| then | |
| APP_NAME=$1 | |
| unset PARAM | |
| else | |
| APP_URL=$1 | |
| fi | |
| ;; | |
| esac | |
| shift | |
| done | |
| if [ -z "$APP_NAME" ] | |
| then | |
| >&2 echo "Please provide -n or --name argument for the application name." | |
| exit 2 | |
| fi | |
| regex='(https?://)[-A-Za-z0-9\+&@#/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-A-Za-z0-9\+&@#/%=~_|]' | |
| if [[ ! $APP_URL =~ $regex ]] | |
| then | |
| echo "Web Link not valid" | |
| exit 0 | |
| fi | |
| nativefier -p linux --tray -a x64 ${ARGS_NATIVEFIER} ${TARGET_PATH} | |
| SHORTCUT_TARGET_PATH_FULL="${SHORTCUT_TARGET_PATH}/nativefier.web.${APP_NAME// /}.desktop" | |
| echo "App built shortcut to ${SHORTCUT_TARGET_PATH_FULL}" | |
| cat > "$SHORTCUT_TARGET_PATH_FULL" <<- EOM | |
| [Desktop Entry] | |
| Type=Application | |
| Name=${APP_NAME} | |
| Icon=${TARGET_PATH}/${APP_NAME}-linux-x64/resources/app/icon.png | |
| Exec=${TARGET_PATH}/${APP_NAME}-linux-x64/${APP_NAME// /} | |
| Categories=Network | |
| EOM |
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Hey man, how do you uninstall the desktop app which is created?
@MercMayhem you can remove directory under
~/.local/share/nativefier
and remove icon in:
~/.local/share/applications
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Hey man, how do you uninstall the desktop app which is created?