need help installing discord canary

Im trying desperately to add the .desktop file to my usr/applications but i dont know how to on bazzite or any uniblue distro help would be much appreciated
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wolfyreload
wolfyreload3mo ago
you can't write to /usr/applications but you can write to /var/home/your-user-name/.local/share/applications that will also show up in the applications menu
Caffeine
CaffeineOP3mo ago
Thank you! its sadly giving me a error about it not being in /usr/share/applications
wolfyreload
wolfyreload3mo ago
Which application are you trying to install?
Caffeine
CaffeineOP3mo ago
discord canary im trying to modfiy the .desktop file now
wolfyreload
wolfyreload3mo ago
Can't you just use the flatpak version? https://github.com/flathub/com.discordapp.DiscordCanary
GitHub
GitHub - flathub/com.discordapp.DiscordCanary
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Caffeine
CaffeineOP3mo ago
oh, i was unware of the flatpak version, that saves a lot of headache thank you again!
wolfyreload
wolfyreload3mo ago
I wasn't either, just suspected that there might be one

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