Invalid .desktop file is created if path contains spaces on Linux

[alexhenrie]

If the path contains spaces, e.g. /opt/IPFS Desktop/ipfs-desktop, it needs to be quoted in the Exec line of the .desktop file. Otherwise the part before the space is interpreted to be the filename and the part after the space is interpreted to be a commandline argument.

[miyanoshiyo]

Can you use auto-launch on Linux successfully? I cannot work it on linux

[phellipeandrade]

Still relevant!

[erik-404err]

Im having the same problem. Manually launching the .desktop file i get the error: There was an error launching the application.
If anyone runs into this as well, you can go to /home/{yourName}/.config/autostart/ and open the .desktop file. it should look like this:

#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Version=1.0
Name=appName
Comment=appNamestartup script
Exec=/opt/Some Name/appName
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false

you need to change this to:

Exec= "/opt/Some Name/appName"

this is especially sad for NW.js / electron since:
"options.path - String (optional for NW.js and Electron apps)"
~ https://github.com/Teamwork/node-auto-launch/blob/master/README.md

Hope that this helped someone and that this gets fixed soon (because you cant tell everyone installing you app to modify files)

[joel1st]

For those looking for a work around that allows you to still use the library:
You explicitly pass in a path if it is an AppImage, and add a back slash before any space characters (which escapes it).

  let name = 'Application Name';

  let autoLauncher = new AutoLaunch(
    process.env.APPIMAGE
      ? {
          name: name,
          path: `${process.env.APPIMAGE}`.replace(/ /g, '\\ '),
        }
      : {
          name: name,
        }
  );

[Izurii]

As the originals developers of the package is not maintaining this project anymore, I replicated and will be taking over, if you could take a look at it I'll be happy. This issue is already solved in my version of the project.

https://github.com/Izurii/easy-auto-launch

[Oxalin]

Related to #78