Solved cups - X11 Install desktop menu item

In the config for the port of cups, there includes X11 Install desktop menu item.

I have tried it (and restarted both cupsd and X), and cannot see what it does. I can't see any new desktop menu.

Has anyone tried and used it?

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The stupid question, what desktop environment or window manager are you using. I would expect to see an icon on the desktop but if you're running a more minimal window manager, there might not be one.
 
There's 3 ways to configure and administer CUPS. One is through the Internet browser with the IP address to the printer on a network. Another is through the command line with file configuration and LPR-like commands.

A GUI can be used for CUPS as the 3rd method, however, this method isn't often used. This may take a lot of compiling, and could possibly be broken. This method is an actual GUI, and not through the Internet browser.


Update:
At first, I thought this option could be through X11. It appears that print/system-config-printer offers the CUPS GUI through Gtk2. I tried it on my system, and it's broken. It's originally from Fedora, but it goes to show, that CUPS can also be administered through a GUI, because its API allows it. Screenshots of it are at, https://mwiki.static.linuxfound.org/images/8/8b/System-config-printer.pdf
 
Configuration option X11 Install desktop menu item creates and installs file /usr/local/share/applications/cups.desktop. That file adds an menu item in an application menu, presupposed the DE or WM is using one, and reading .desktop files.

That menu item executes an command to open the local cups html home page in a default browser:
Code:
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Exec=/usr/local/bin/xdg-open http://localhost:631/
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