[Geany-Users] Incorrect icon path

[Matthew Brush]

On 2020-02-05 1:56 p.m., Lev wrote:
> Dear Geany comunity,
> 
> 
> I'm using geany, but I somehow broke my setup by a installing geany from source. Now I want to use my distro's stock package, and I have this on standard output:
> 
> (geany:8917): Gtk-WARNING **: 22:49:43.132: Error loading theme icon 'geany-build' for stock: Failed to load /usr/local/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/geany-build.png: Error opening file /usr/local/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/geany-build.png: No such file or directory
> 
> Somehow, geany searches for the icons in /usr/local, which have been removed.
> 
> However,
> 
> $ which geany
> /usr/bin/geany
> 
> $ whereis geany
> geany: /usr/bin/geany /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/geany /usr/include/geany /usr/share/geany /usr/share/man/man1/geany.1.gz
> 
> So I wonder where it is saved where to find those icons.
> 
> Any help appreciated.
> 
> 

Hi,

How did you uninstall the Geany you built? Did you use the `make 
uninstall` build system target or manually remove the files?

One thing to check is if you run Geany from the command line, does it 
work, and if so, when you use the `-v` option (or from Help->Debug 
Messages), look at what the "System data dir" shows as. If it's showing 
/usr/local/share then you probably still have Geany in the other 
location. If it works properly from the command line but not from the 
.desktop launcher/shortcut thing, it may be that the .desktop file 
lingers in the `/usr/local/share/applications` directory or something.

In any case, if you get the same version of Geany source you built from 
last time, configure it with the same options, you should be able to use 
`make uninstall` and it will delete any files that are put there by the 
build system/installer.

Regards,
Matthew Brush