Function privateLibDirPath

src/shared/shared.cpp:574–600

#ifndef BUILD_LITE
QString privateLibDirPath(const QString& srcSubdirName) {
    // PRIVATE_LIBDIR will be a relative path most likely
    // therefore, we need to detect the install prefix based on our own binary path, and then calculate the path to
    // the helper tools based on that
    const QString ownBinaryDirPath = QFileInfo(getOwnBinaryPath().get()).dir().absolutePath();
    const QString installPrefixPath = QFileInfo(ownBinaryDirPath).dir().absolutePath();
    QString privateLibDirPath = installPrefixPath + "/" + PRIVATE_LIBDIR;

    // the following lines make things work during development: here, the build dir path is inserted instead, which
    // allows for testing with the latest changes
    if (!QDir(privateLibDirPath).exists()) {
        // this makes sure that when we're running from a local dev build, we end up in the right directory
        // very important when running this code from the daemon, since it's not in the same directory as the helpers
        privateLibDirPath = ownBinaryDirPath + "/../" + srcSubdirName;
    }

    // if there is no such directory like <prefix>/bin/../lib/... or the binary is not found there, there is a chance
    // the binary is just next to this one (this is the case in the update/remove helpers)
    // therefore we compare the binary directory path with PRIVATE_LIBDIR
    if (!QDir(privateLibDirPath).exists()) {
        if (privateLibDirPath.contains(PRIVATE_LIBDIR)) {
            privateLibDirPath = ownBinaryDirPath;
        }
    }

    return privateLibDirPath;
}
#endif

bool installDesktopFileAndIcons(const QString& pathToAppImage, bool resolveCollisions) {