On Sat, Nov 19, 2005 at 06:54:24PM -0500, Daniel Milstein wrote: > For some reason, after I install a desktop file to > /usr/share/applications and run dh_desktop in debian/rules, the > desktop file will not appear in the menu after the package is > installed. What might I be doing wrong? Do you have package desktop-file-utils installed? Check /var/lib/dpkg/info/ for your postinst script .. it conditionally calls usr/bin/update-desktop-database. -- Clear skies, Justin