These are the steps to upgrade Pinegrow to the recent version with a start-icon permanently on the dash in Fedora:
Unpack the ZIP file (double-click).
Create an App folder in your Home folder using the File manager.
Cut and paste PinegrowLinux(latest version no) inside this App folder.
Open the folder and right-click the file PinegrowLibrary and select Properties.
Activate the option Run as application at the bottom and close this window.
Copy and Paste the file Pinegrow.desktop to create Pinegrow(copy).desktop for backup reasons.
Right-click the file Pinegrow.desktop to Open it in the Text-editor.
Edit the contents to create these lines and replace (userid) with the name of your user folder:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Pinegrow
Exec=/home/(userid)/Apps/PinegrowLinux64.8.4/PinegrowLibrary
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Comment=Pinegrow
Icon=/home/(userid)/Apps/PinegrowLinux64.8.4/package.nw/icons/pinegrow.png
Save the file and close the editor.
Copy the file Pinegrow.desktop.
Use the File browser app to go to the folder /home/(userid)/.local/share/applications by entering this address in the addres bar at the top, replace (userid) with the name of your user folder and press Enter.
Paste the file Pinegrow.desktop inside this folder.
If all went well Pinegrow can now be found when you hit the Applications button on the Dash. When you have started Pinegrow succesfully then do not forget to right-click the app icon and select the option to put it permanently on the Dash. And if needed uninstall the older version of Pinegrow from the Software installer.
Hope this has helped.
Theo
P.s.: my former request still stands: please let someone add Pinegrow to the Fedora Software installer again!
I don’t have Fedora installed, so I’d first like to know if it’s worth installing one: would you be interested in a method for creating your own custom flat pack? If so, I’ll install it while I get back into it (I haven’t touched Fedora since… ugh, time flies) and write a quick tutorial (if I can figure out a working method), and then I’ll post it. The idea is to be able to manage updates without having to redo the desktop icon. First step: are you interested because it won’t be a ready to use install file?
So far I did not find any differences between working with Pinegrow in macOS (for M-series) or in Fedora Linux 41. Pinegrow uses a browser-like interface which should be platform independent anyway . If it works for you on Debian then I would suggest to stick with it. There should be no real enhancements or differences (I guess).
The step by step guide I posted works. But as Pinegrow is commercial software they should take care of the installer for the new version (instead of me) and make it available in the Fedora Software app (which I certainly can’t do). But I can imagine that the Fedora user base is quite small and for Pinegrow it might not be worth the trouble. I asked their support team for an installation guide in the first place but got no reply. So for the moment: you need to download the ZIP file from the Pinegrow website and follow my step-by-step guide.
It turns out that the package for Fedora, which doesn’t seem to be distributed anymore, was created by a user who had asked us for permission to do so, which we granted. It seems they have given up, and we’re truly sorry about that.
As we mention on our documentation site, we only test Pinegrow with Ubuntu, and I’m sorry to say that we don’t plan to implement specific packages for other distributions.
Thanks a lot for your guide! I’m sure it will help anyone looking to use Pinegrow with the Fedora distribution.
So far Pinegrow does work well with Fedora. I didn’t know that the previous distribution was made and maintained by a user. Pitty that this person gave up on it. But you might consider supporting more major Linux Operating systems next to Ubuntu by the Pinegrow company itself. I also noticed that installing Pinegrow on an ARM version of Linux (in a virtual machine in Parallels) gives a missing 64bit library file error (of course). May I ask: will there be a Pinegrow ARM version for Windows and Linux in the near future as there is also support for the M-series of macOS?
Adding support for more Linux distributions isn’t part of our “current” plans.
We are a small team and we manage (create, develop, test, distribute, and provide support) a lot of applications and add-ons across three different operating systems each time (Pinegrow, Theme Converter, Vue Designer, Pinegrow Online, Pinegrow plugin for WordPress and more …) - and honestly, we stick to the most common standards to keep things manageable
Small additional comment: At step 5 it might be necessary to repeat this for all executable files in this folder (with the blue cogwheel icon). I needed to do this in a Fedora 41 Virtual Machine (Parallels Desktop on Intel) to get Pinegrow running. The reason is unclear to me as this was not necessary on a plain Fedora installation on a Lenovo (Intel) laptop.
. If it works for you on Debian then I would suggest to stick with it. There should be no real enhancements or differences (I guess).