How does one add an application icon to the desktop in verson 14.04?
Thank you for your time.
How does one add an application icon to the desktop in verson 14.04?
Thank you for your time.
First copy your desired application's icon from the /usr/share/applications
directory to Desktop,
sudo cp /usr/share/applications/filename.desktop ~/Desktop
Then change the permissions(give execute permission to the .desktop file) of copied .desktop
file on the Desktop,
sudo chmod +x ~/Desktop/filename.desktop
Double click on the application icon to run it's corresponding application.
.desktop
in .local/share/applications/
.
Jan 2, 2020 at 14:58
Create a symbolic link in the desktop folder to the file you want to execute. Open a terminal session and change to your Desktop folder:
cd Desktop
To create the desktop icon use:
ln -sv "target file to execute" "filename to create for shortcut" (no quotes)
I tried it with Nautilus and it worked fine. So far all of the icons I have created work, but they don't get an identifying icon, just the AptURL icon.
Here's the example I created for Nautilus:
ln -sv /usr/bin/nautilus "File Manager"
The icon appeared on the desktop and it works fine, as have the others I made. You do need to be able to find the executable files, which means you need to know some Linux, but otherwise it's pretty easy.
Here's another easy way to do it:
1) Open Nautilus, navigate to "Computer".
$ sudo nautilus
-provide your password credentials
2) Navigate to folder /usr/share/applications
3) In that folder, select the program of your choice (for example, System Monitor).Now Drag it to your desktop or copy & paste it.
That's it!
Your Desktop icon is created.