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@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Briar
+Icon=app.briar.gtk
Exec=briar-gtk
Terminal=false
Type=Application
-Categories=GTK;
+Categories=GNOME;GTK;
StartupNotify=true
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diff --git a/data/icons/meson.build b/data/icons/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b485c08ab469581686e511760356237970e1318c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/icons/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+icon_themes = ['hicolor']
+foreach theme : icon_themes
+ install_subdir(theme, install_dir: 'share/icons/')
+endforeach
diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
index 6d580f9ec84e65026085285da9726e90273b5eeb..7ae1ba5e63d4d760ad7542bb0e737e28dc9fbcbc 100644
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+++ b/data/meson.build
@@ -49,3 +49,5 @@ gnome.compile_resources('briar-gtk',
install: true,
install_dir: pkgdatadir,
)
+
+subdir('icons')