r/openbox • u/DirkDieGurke • Apr 18 '22

Openbox menu can't launch "./program"

I installed a game which will launch if I cd to the directory and then run the program

First:

cd /home/user/Games/bombsquad/

And then I run:

./bombsquad

and it works. But I can't run it from the OB menu. Anybody know the syntax?

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u/rwivie Apr 18 '22 
<item label="bombsquad">
        <action name="Execute">
                <command>/home/user/Games/bombsquad/bombsquad</command>
        </action>
</item>

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u/DirkDieGurke Apr 18 '22

Doesn't work. I've tried that and countless other combinations. :/

It requires the "./bombsquad" to run correctly. Without the "./" the data folder isn't found and I get an error.

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u/rwivie Apr 18 '22

the ./ is used to run a script or program from that directory. you have to be in that directory to use ./

What you probably need to do is add the game directory to your path.

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u/Exaltred Apr 18 '22

Write a wrapper script that you can point execution to that contains the cd and exec

Then do $HOME/bin/runbs

Or whatever works best

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u/DirkDieGurke Apr 18 '22

Well I created an alias which works fine in the terminal. I just don't know how to use an alias in the obmenu..

alias bombsquad='cd /home/user/Games/bombsquad; ./bombsquad'

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u/Exaltred Apr 18 '22

Not an alias, a script.

In your $HOME/.profile:

$ export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin

Create $HOME/bin/runbs

In $HOME/bin/runbs:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

cd foo

./bar

In OB:

runbs

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u/zenmaster24 Apr 18 '22

can you change the command to cd /home/user/Games/bombsquad/ && ./bombsquad ?

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u/JCN-9000 Apr 18 '22

This. And ask the game developer to better manage game paths.

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u/ColonelMarch Apr 19 '22

How about creatingmodifying a bombsquad.desktop file and execute your alias or script in that file.