After a fresh install of 11.04 I have a script that does a few useful things. Is there a way to remove the LibreOffice, Ubuntu One etc icons from the Unity launcher using command line so I can put it in my script?
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Get the list of launcher items:
gsettings get com.canonical.Unity.Launcher favoritesThis will return something like:
['nautilus-home.desktop', 'gnome-terminal.desktop', 'gedit.desktop']which you can manipulate in your script (eg. using sed), and then
Set the launcher item list:
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher favorites "['gimp.desktop']"Don't forget the quotes.
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I've had chance to try this now but it doesn't work. If it type: gsettings get com.canonical.Unity.Launcher favorites I get this: ['nautilus-home.desktop', 'firefox.desktop', 'libreoffice-writer.desktop', 'libreoffice-calc.desktop', 'libreoffice-impress.desktop', 'ubuntu-software-center.desktop', 'ubuntuone-control-panel-gtk.desktop'] If i then type: gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher favorites "['firefox.desktop']" Then check it again with gsettings get it seems to have changed, but after a reboot nothing alters and another gsettings get shows the original list? May 15, 2011 at 11:56
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Then you probably haven't installed the (default) package
libdconf0- it works just fine here.– htorqueMay 15, 2011 at 12:19 -
did an apt-get install libdconf0 and it says its already the newest version. any other ideas why this isnt working on a fresh install? May 20, 2011 at 7:33
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try:
unity --replace
after
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher favorites "['firefox.desktop']"
working on 12.04
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+1 Works for me with 14.04, too. However I needed to daemonize it using
( unity --replace & )from within a gnome terminal to update everything properly without risk of bad side-effects.– TinoMay 25, 2014 at 10:18