How can I add my weather indicator to Startup Applications?

Question

In spite of having enabled my weather indicator on the list of the Startup Applications, it never starts on startup; I have to do it manually all the time.

The command I entered is:

my-weather-indicator 

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

How to find out

I installed my-weather-indicator from its ppa: ppa:atareao/atareaoto find out. Its .desktop file in /usr/share/applications includes the line:

Exec=/opt/extras.ubuntu.com/my-weather-indicator/bin/my-weather-indicator

which indicates the command you need to run is:

/opt/extras.ubuntu.com/my-weather-indicator/bin/my-weather-indicator

You can see the content of the file by running the command:

cat /usr/share/applications/extras-my-weather-indicator.desktop

or:

gedit /usr/share/applications/extras-my-weather-indicator.desktop

Sometimes launchers (.desktop files) have multiple lines, starting with

To add it to Startup Applications

Choose Dash > Startup Applications > Add, and add the command

/opt/extras.ubuntu.com/my-weather-indicator/bin/my-weather-indicator

More information

The command you tried does not include the path to the executable:

my-weather-indicator

This only works if the executable is in $PATH. The application however is installed in:

/opt/extras.ubuntu.com/my-weather-indicator/bin

You can find out which directories are in $PATH by the command:

echo $PATH

Answer 2

A simple GUI based answer is,

• Right-click on the indicator and select Preferences
• In the Preferences window, click on General options and check the Autostart option.