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2

Please see the edit at the bottom!

I have followed here for adding an item to the launcher. Here are the contents of my new .desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]

Version=1.0

Name=OpenRefine

Comment=2.6-rc.2

Path=/home/foo/openrefine-2.6-rc.2

Exec=/home/foo/openrefine-2.6-rc.2/refine

Terminal=true

Type=Application

Categories=Utility;Application;

(no icon supplied by the application so none included, hopefully a default one will be used). desktop-file-validate passes without errors. So does desktop-file-install. Yet the new program does not show in dash :(

I have started out saving the .desktop file to .local/share/applications, so it is also confusing whether it should remain there after the desktop-file-install or rather it should have been created in some temporary place to begin with, rather than there.

Thanks for clarifying how this should be done.

Edit:

Notably, this program, OpenRefine, when started in a terminal, does not open a UI window. It only starts a web server and launches the default browser against it.

unity launcher

share|improve this question

edited Jul 15 '16 at 18:54

matt

asked Jun 28 '16 at 5:08

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  Your Exec= is wrong, /home must start with slash
  
  – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
  Jun 28 '16 at 5:13
  

  
  
  
  


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  It is correct in the real file, I just introduced that error while replacing the real local file path for pasting the question
  
  – matt
  Jun 30 '16 at 18:18
  

  
  
  
  


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  In the real file, do you by any chance use ~?
  
  – Jacob Vlijm
  Jun 30 '16 at 18:42
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  Did, you try to do a reboot after you created that file? Sometimes after a reboot the icon which was missing in the dash before is then there.
  
  – Videonauth
  Jun 30 '16 at 18:44
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @JacobVlijm I do deserve the question now :-) but no: the path is valid. I would like to also assume the verification command would otherwise issue an error. But double-checked the path now just to be on the safe side ― it is fine.
  
  – matt
  Jun 30 '16 at 19:45
  

  
  
  
  

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show 1 more comment

4

2

Please see the edit at the bottom!

I have followed here for adding an item to the launcher. Here are the contents of my new .desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]

Version=1.0

Name=OpenRefine

Comment=2.6-rc.2

Path=/home/foo/openrefine-2.6-rc.2

Exec=/home/foo/openrefine-2.6-rc.2/refine

Terminal=true

Type=Application

Categories=Utility;Application;

(no icon supplied by the application so none included, hopefully a default one will be used). desktop-file-validate passes without errors. So does desktop-file-install. Yet the new program does not show in dash :(

I have started out saving the .desktop file to .local/share/applications, so it is also confusing whether it should remain there after the desktop-file-install or rather it should have been created in some temporary place to begin with, rather than there.

Thanks for clarifying how this should be done.

Edit:

Notably, this program, OpenRefine, when started in a terminal, does not open a UI window. It only starts a web server and launches the default browser against it.

unity launcher

share|improve this question

edited Jul 15 '16 at 18:54

matt

asked Jun 28 '16 at 5:08

mattmatt

68261736

• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Your Exec= is wrong, /home must start with slash
  
  – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
  Jun 28 '16 at 5:13
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  It is correct in the real file, I just introduced that error while replacing the real local file path for pasting the question
  
  – matt
  Jun 30 '16 at 18:18
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  In the real file, do you by any chance use ~?
  
  – Jacob Vlijm
  Jun 30 '16 at 18:42
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Did, you try to do a reboot after you created that file? Sometimes after a reboot the icon which was missing in the dash before is then there.
  
  – Videonauth
  Jun 30 '16 at 18:44
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @JacobVlijm I do deserve the question now :-) but no: the path is valid. I would like to also assume the verification command would otherwise issue an error. But double-checked the path now just to be on the safe side ― it is fine.
  
  – matt
  Jun 30 '16 at 19:45
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 1 more comment

Please see the edit at the bottom!

I have followed here for adding an item to the launcher. Here are the contents of my new .desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]

Version=1.0

Name=OpenRefine

Comment=2.6-rc.2

Path=/home/foo/openrefine-2.6-rc.2

Exec=/home/foo/openrefine-2.6-rc.2/refine

Terminal=true

Type=Application

Categories=Utility;Application;

(no icon supplied by the application so none included, hopefully a default one will be used). desktop-file-validate passes without errors. So does desktop-file-install. Yet the new program does not show in dash :(

I have started out saving the .desktop file to .local/share/applications, so it is also confusing whether it should remain there after the desktop-file-install or rather it should have been created in some temporary place to begin with, rather than there.

Thanks for clarifying how this should be done.

Edit:

Notably, this program, OpenRefine, when started in a terminal, does not open a UI window. It only starts a web server and launches the default browser against it.

unity launcher

share|improve this question

edited Jul 15 '16 at 18:54

matt

asked Jun 28 '16 at 5:08

mattmatt

68261736

[Desktop Entry]

Version=1.0

Name=OpenRefine

Comment=2.6-rc.2

Path=/home/foo/openrefine-2.6-rc.2

Exec=/home/foo/openrefine-2.6-rc.2/refine

Terminal=true

Type=Application

Categories=Utility;Application;

share|improve this question

edited Jul 15 '16 at 18:54

matt

asked Jun 28 '16 at 5:08

mattmatt

68261736

share|improve this question

edited Jul 15 '16 at 18:54

matt

asked Jun 28 '16 at 5:08

mattmatt

68261736

asked Jun 28 '16 at 5:08

mattmatt

68261736

asked Jun 28 '16 at 5:08

mattmatt

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You can use "Main Menu" app (install with sudo apt install alacarte).

Run it from Dash or from Terminal (alacarte).

Then you can add launcher item:

1. Choose category from list on left


2. Click "New item" button


3. Insert needed information into fields


4. Click "OK" and close.

Now you should have your icon on launcher.

share|improve this answer

answered Jun 30 '16 at 18:39

Ven3kVen3k

613

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  I upvoted this, but this silently does nothing, same as the command line approach.
  
  – matt
  Jul 1 '16 at 17:20
  

  
  
  
  

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1

I use

sh -c "cd /home/foo/openrefine-2.6-rc.2 && ./refine" 

in the place of

/home/foo/openrefine-2.6-rc.2/refine

in the code above.

You can also use $HOME instead of /home/foo, where foo is your username.

share|improve this answer

edited 6 mins ago

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answered Jul 29 '16 at 23:28

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You can use "Main Menu" app (install with sudo apt install alacarte).

Run it from Dash or from Terminal (alacarte).

Then you can add launcher item:

1. Choose category from list on left


2. Click "New item" button


3. Insert needed information into fields


4. Click "OK" and close.

Now you should have your icon on launcher.

share|improve this answer

answered Jun 30 '16 at 18:39

Ven3kVen3k

613

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I upvoted this, but this silently does nothing, same as the command line approach.
  
  – matt
  Jul 1 '16 at 17:20
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

3

You can use "Main Menu" app (install with sudo apt install alacarte).

Run it from Dash or from Terminal (alacarte).

Then you can add launcher item:

1. Choose category from list on left


2. Click "New item" button


3. Insert needed information into fields


4. Click "OK" and close.

Now you should have your icon on launcher.

share|improve this answer

answered Jun 30 '16 at 18:39

Ven3kVen3k

613

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I upvoted this, but this silently does nothing, same as the command line approach.
  
  – matt
  Jul 1 '16 at 17:20
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

You can use "Main Menu" app (install with sudo apt install alacarte).

Run it from Dash or from Terminal (alacarte).

Then you can add launcher item:

1. Choose category from list on left


2. Click "New item" button


3. Insert needed information into fields


4. Click "OK" and close.

Now you should have your icon on launcher.

share|improve this answer

answered Jun 30 '16 at 18:39

Ven3kVen3k

613

share|improve this answer

answered Jun 30 '16 at 18:39

Ven3kVen3k

613

answered Jun 30 '16 at 18:39

Ven3kVen3k

613

answered Jun 30 '16 at 18:39

Ven3kVen3k

613

1

I use

sh -c "cd /home/foo/openrefine-2.6-rc.2 && ./refine" 

in the place of

/home/foo/openrefine-2.6-rc.2/refine

in the code above.

You can also use $HOME instead of /home/foo, where foo is your username.

share|improve this answer

edited 6 mins ago

Pablo Bianchi

3,11521636

answered Jul 29 '16 at 23:28

Martin NovyMartin Novy

4326

add a comment | 

1

I use

sh -c "cd /home/foo/openrefine-2.6-rc.2 && ./refine" 

in the place of

/home/foo/openrefine-2.6-rc.2/refine

in the code above.

You can also use $HOME instead of /home/foo, where foo is your username.

share|improve this answer

edited 6 mins ago

Pablo Bianchi

3,11521636

answered Jul 29 '16 at 23:28

Martin NovyMartin Novy

4326

add a comment | 

I use

sh -c "cd /home/foo/openrefine-2.6-rc.2 && ./refine" 

in the place of

/home/foo/openrefine-2.6-rc.2/refine

in the code above.

You can also use $HOME instead of /home/foo, where foo is your username.

share|improve this answer

edited 6 mins ago

Pablo Bianchi

3,11521636

answered Jul 29 '16 at 23:28

Martin NovyMartin Novy

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sh -c "cd /home/foo/openrefine-2.6-rc.2 && ./refine" 

/home/foo/openrefine-2.6-rc.2/refine

share|improve this answer

edited 6 mins ago

Pablo Bianchi

3,11521636

answered Jul 29 '16 at 23:28

Martin NovyMartin Novy

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edited 6 mins ago

Pablo Bianchi

3,11521636

edited 6 mins ago

Pablo Bianchi

3,11521636

answered Jul 29 '16 at 23:28

Martin NovyMartin Novy

4326

answered Jul 29 '16 at 23:28

Martin NovyMartin Novy

4326