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I have a weird bug that only happens when I start clion from the icon. Clicking on the icon I get: ImportError: No module named catkin.environment_cache in the cmake window. When I start clion from the console like I usually do I don't get this error, I get no error at all. I assume it has something to do with the environment variables that are different depending on the way I start it. I checked jetbrains-clion.desktop and it launches the same binary with the same options I do when starting it from the command line.

Is there a way to set the same environment variables for a .desktop file, as if the command was run from a terminal?

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  • See second answer with 29 votes regarding terminal=true askubuntu.com/questions/299052/… Sep 7, 2018 at 12:22
  • Maybe you should add Path= directive within the .desktop file. Please provide the content od this file.
    – pa4080
    Sep 7, 2018 at 12:23
  • You can start via a terminal window: For the Exec line of the desktop file you can use something like Exec=xterm ... -e program-name %f where ... are various options and program-name is the name of the program you want to start. Maybe you have to install xterm or use another terminal program.
    – sudodus
    Sep 7, 2018 at 12:24
  • I tried your suggestion @WinEunuuchs2Unix it did not work.
    – Hakaishin
    Sep 7, 2018 at 12:29

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You could try modifying the CLion .desktop entry to open clion with bash by changing the Exec line

Exec=bash -i -c "/INSTALL_LOCATION/clion-2018.2.3/bin/clion.sh" %f

Replace the install location with wherever clion is installed to

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    Thank you very much, simply fix that worked for me.
    – Hakaishin
    Sep 7, 2018 at 12:30

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