Created attachment 151757 [details] patch file The cause is that the linux installer is generating *.desktop files with a linux only option. Removing the option (--detach) makes it possible to start calibre from menu.
Auto-assigned to maintainer madpilot@FreeBSD.org
Thanks for the report. I'll modify the port to fix this.
Fix committed. Thanks!
A commit references this bug: Author: madpilot Date: Sat Jan 17 21:28:36 UTC 2015 New revision: 377253 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/377253 Log: - Fix .desktop entries [1] While here: - Don't create unneeded empty directories - Silence one installation command PR: 196817 [1] Submitted by: Lawrence Chen <beastie at tardisi.com> Changes: head/deskutils/calibre/Makefile head/deskutils/calibre/files/patch-calibre_linux.py