--- PKGBUILD	2016-11-28 20:23:43.344352003 +0100
+++ PKGBUILD	2016-11-28 20:36:05.944352003 +0100
@@ -12,11 +12,21 @@
 url="http://msp.ucsd.edu/software.html"
 license=('custom:BSD')
 depends=('jack' 'tk' 'fftw')
+makedepends=('gendesk' 'icoutils')
 provides=('puredata')
 options=('!strip')
 source=("http://msp.ucsd.edu/Software/pd-$_ver.src.tar.gz")
 md5sums=('78f012826bdbebcc683e15e5f8a94db9')

+prepare() {
+# Generate .desktop file
+gendesk -n --pkgname "$pkgname" --pkgdesc "$pkgdesc"
+
+# Extract png icon file from pd.ico
+icotool -x -w48 -h48 -b32 -o "$pkgname.png" \
+  "$pkgname-$_ver/src/$pkgname.ico" &>/dev/null  # Suppress format complaints
+}
+
 build() {
   cd pd-$_ver
   ./autogen.sh
@@ -36,4 +46,9 @@
   # license
   install -Dm644 LICENSE.txt \
     "$pkgdir/usr/share/licenses/pd/LICENSE"
+
+  install -Dm644 "$srcdir/$pkgname.desktop" \
+    "$pkgdir/usr/share/applications/$pkgname.desktop"
+  install -Dm644 "$srcdir/$pkgname.png" \
+    "$pkgdir/usr/share/pixmaps/$pkgname.png"
 }