I want to set icon for Launcher. it has file named icon.xpm, but its being ignored by the icon set wizard. I tried to change it to .ico file, but it is still getting ignore. any ideas?
8 Answers
I added the icon to /usr/share/pixmaps
, but the name of the icon was not eclipse.xpm
instead it was icon.xpm
In the terminal:
cp /yourEclipseFolder/icon.xpm /usr/share/pixmaps/eclipse.xpm
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3OK, thanks for the answer, it helped me. As well, what I did was just rename the icon to eclipse.xpm and then copy the icon to /usr/share/pixmaps. May 30, 2012 at 14:09
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1And if you prefer to see it as a bash command:
sudo cp /yourEclipseFolder/icon.xpm /usr/share/pixmaps/eclipse.xpm
.– H2ONaClAug 23, 2012 at 9:19 -
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I installed eclipse from a downloaded installer and the icon wasn't working. Copying the eclipse.xpm in /usr/share/pixmaps/ worked. Thanks Sep 15, 2017 at 8:08
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If eclipse is installed from software center (version 3.5.2) copies of the eclipse icon are put into following places:
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/eclipse.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/eclipse.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/eclipse.png
/usr/share/pixmaps/eclipse.png
Maybe copying the icon in this places (with the right size) solves your issue.
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it does not work (I did not try all of the sizes, but most of them). maybe its the extension? the png is not found by default by Ubuntu and when I copy the full path than no icon is found :(– UAdapterMay 6, 2011 at 7:10
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+1 for question, I need 3.6 at least for work, and the only solution were to download precompiled bundle. And no icon were recognized for an application by Ubuntu (11.04). Moreover, package from ppa:eclipse-team/..., which is currently at version 3.6.2, is absolutely incomplete for work:\ Jul 12, 2011 at 17:37
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3so, if you had already found a fix for it, please, commit an answer! Jul 12, 2011 at 17:37
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Go to terminal and type sudo leafpad /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop
, then edit the file to replace path_to/icon.xpm
in the following example with the file path to your icon:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Eclipse IDE
Exec=/usr/lib/eclipse/eclipse
Icon=path_to/icon.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=GNOME;Application;Development;
StartupNotify=true`
For example, mine is /usr/lib/eclipse/icon.xpm
.
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tried the same but didnt work for me, the answer for this question askubuntu.com/questions/80013/… worked Nov 19, 2014 at 17:03
I copied
/opt/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.sdk_3.7.1.v201109091335/eclipse48.png
to
/usr/share/pixmap/eclipse.png
(having extracted eclipse into /opt
) and both launcher and desktop eclipse icons reappeared (having mysteriously disappeared).
Note: I had also copied all the sizes as recommended above but it wasn't until I copied into /usr/share/pixmaps
that the icon appeared
I just had this problem with another program, I placed the .png files in the icon folders:
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/eclipse.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/eclipse.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/eclipse.png
But still had no icon, then I put one in
/usr/share/pixmaps/eclipse.png
Suddenly it worked. The pixmap is the key.
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1Just copying the icon.xpm to share/pixmaps with the following command did it for me: sudo mv /home/myusername/mydirectory/eclipse-juno/icon.xpm /usr/share/pixmaps/eclipse.xpm– LuisJul 2, 2012 at 19:17
Everything seemed correct in my case, but none of the suggested solutions worked for me, the icon wouldn't become visible in the launcher.
Then I simply removed the comment next to the Icon-line in the eclipse.desktop file and voila! it worked :)
So, my suggestion is, if there is a comment in your Icon-line like:
Icon=/opt/eclipse/icon.xpm # fill in path to logo
then remove the comment so it looks like:
Icon=/opt/eclipse/icon.xpm
I don't know why the comments work for the other lines (e.g. in the Exec-line it works). Maybe a bug.
hope it helps someone!
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Hi Jane! Welcome to AskUbuntu. Just FYI, the answers are not sorted chronologically, so saying "none of the above suggestions" isn't really helpful. I upvoted your answer anyway because it looks useful.– FlimmDec 4, 2012 at 14:06
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1@Flimm: You are right, so I changed the statement to a more useful one ;) thanks for the hint!– JaneDec 6, 2012 at 8:08
Just copy the icon to
~/.icon
folder and it should work. Copying eclipse.xpm
to ~/.icon
folder worked for me.
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Simply, rename icon.xpm to icon.jpg inside the eclipse folder no matter where it is. Now try.
For more details go through the following note :-
First, search alacarte aka Main Menu on Dash.
You will see a list of applications and checked Items.
Go to New Item, fill as follows -
Name: Eclipse #of your choice Command: /home/leo/Downloads/eclipse Comment: #as you wish
Set path to the eclipse directory where you have it extracted.
Mine is inside Downloads.
Now, you see an icon there itself. Click it and select icon.jpg inside your eclipse folder. (You need to browse through)
Now search for eclipse and you will see that on Dash with the desired icon and you can pin it to Launcher or have it on Desktop.
Dash -> Main Menu -> New Item -> Fill up Name, Command and Comment and click on icon -> browse and select icon.jpg-> close window
Have fun!