launcher for a program not working - ubuntu 13.04

Question

I'm using a program named "robomongo" (a mongoDB UI), but to run it I need to type in the terminal "./robomongo.sh".

I tried to add the file ~/.local/share/applications/robomongo.desktop Like this:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=robo-mongo
Comment=robomongo
Exec=/opt/robo/robomongo.sh
Terminal=flase
Categories=Application;

And it's still not working from the dash. (I can see the app in the dash when I start typing robo, but it's not doing anyhting).

Please guide me, Thanks a lot.

Did you make robomongo.sh executable by chmod? sudo chmod +x robomongo.sh — Mohammad Etemaddar, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:25
Should that be Terminal=false rather than Terminal=flase? — David Edwards, Jun 20, 2013 at 14:20
yes, but that's not the problem. I tried "false"/"true" already... thanks — Daniel, Jun 20, 2013 at 22:35

Kevin A. · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-17 19:28:56Z

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I was able to get this to work by editing the robomongo.sh script, changing the relative paths to absolute paths (eg: ./lib to /opt/robomongo/lib).

Good luck!

answered Jul 17, 2013 at 19:28

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Alaa Ali · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-17 14:36:43Z

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In Robomongo version 0.8.0 and newer, there's a desktop entry made available if you install the application from the .deb package.

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answered Sep 17, 2013 at 14:12

Topilski Alexandr

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for version 0.9.0 there is no debian package available
– maq
Apr 8, 2016 at 17:17

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