[GH-ISSUE #1670] Error: cannot create ~/.local/application directory #1127

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opened 2026-05-05 07:30:18 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 4 comments
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Originally created by @francoism90 on GitHub (Dec 9, 2017).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1670

$ sudo firecfg
Configuring symlinks in /usr/local/bin
Error: cannot create ~/.local/application directory
mkdir: No such file or directory

Note: this is on a headless server. Desktop and other PC's it is working fine.

Thanks!

Originally created by @francoism90 on GitHub (Dec 9, 2017). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/1670 ``` $ sudo firecfg Configuring symlinks in /usr/local/bin Error: cannot create ~/.local/application directory mkdir: No such file or directory ``` Note: this is on a headless server. Desktop and other PC's it is working fine. Thanks!
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@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2017):

Thanks for the bug, I put a fix in 41e2c50dd5

<!-- gh-comment-id:350476927 --> @netblue30 commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2017): Thanks for the bug, I put a fix in https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/41e2c50dd50f241ef07597a888b249c836fe4de4
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@francoism90 commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2017):

@netblue30 Many thanks! :)

<!-- gh-comment-id:350478345 --> @francoism90 commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2017): @netblue30 Many thanks! :)
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@francoism90 commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2017):

@netblue30 Hmm, now getting the following error: Error: cannot open /usr/share/applications directory: No such file or directory

This is on a headless server, so no GUI applications are required.

<!-- gh-comment-id:350503331 --> @francoism90 commented on GitHub (Dec 9, 2017): @netblue30 Hmm, now getting the following error: `Error: cannot open /usr/share/applications directory: No such file or directory` This is on a headless server, so no GUI applications are required.
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@netblue30 commented on GitHub (Dec 10, 2017):

No problem, we'll do as many iterations as necessary. New fix on mainline: 49901c8760

<!-- gh-comment-id:350548770 --> @netblue30 commented on GitHub (Dec 10, 2017): No problem, we'll do as many iterations as necessary. New fix on mainline: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/commit/49901c87601a0ae9f734854f2dd521541582c046
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