libnotify

Recipe card from the charly-selkies plugin (Images — the deployable catalog).

libnotify – Desktop notification client

Candy Properties

Property	Value
Dependencies	`dbus`

Packages

libnotify (RPM) – provides notify-send CLI and libnotify.so shared library

Usage

my-image:
  candy:
    - libnotify

Purpose

Provides notify-send as a convenience CLI for sending desktop notifications from shell scripts and manual use. The dbus: notify check verb drives the session bus with gdbus instead and does NOT depend on this candy.

When to use `notify-send` vs the `dbus: notify` verb

	`notify-send`	`dbus: notify` verb
Requires	`libnotify` candy	`gdbus` (from `glib2`) in the venue
Implementation	Shell command, libnotify C library	`gdbus` over the executor reverse channel (out-of-process `candy/plugin-dbus`)
Use case	Shell scripts inside container	Check-plan desktop-notification steps (the `charly cmd` completion popup uses the same `gdbus` path host-side)

/charly-infrastructure:dbus-layer – D-Bus session bus (required dependency)
/charly-selkies:swaync – notification daemon to display the notifications
/charly-check:dbus – alternative: the dbus: notify check verb (served out-of-process by candy/plugin-dbus)

Used In Boxes

Not used in any current box definition. Optional notification CLI – prefer the dbus: notify check verb (driven via gdbus).

When to Use This Skill

Use when the user asks about:

notify-send inside containers
Shell-based notification scripts
The libnotify library or package

/charly-image:layer — candy authoring reference (charly.yml schema, task verbs, service declarations)
/charly-check:check — declarative testing (check: block, charly check box, charly check live)