Questions tagged [.desktop]
A .desktop file describes how a particular program is to be launched, how it appears in menus, etc. It is used by Freedesktop-compliant environments such as Gnome, KDE and Xfce.
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Gnome-Shell desktop-entry detach process
I have a vpn command : start-vpn provided by my company.
On Gnome-Shell I can open a terminal, type the command start-vpn type my password close the terminal and the VPN continue to run properly.
The ...
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what program to use to start .desktop files?
I made a desktop file:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=TLauncher start
Exec=sudo java -jar TLauncher.jar
Terminal=false
Type=Application
i changed it to:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=TLauncher start
Exec=sh -c "...
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How to make a .desktop file appear in application search?
I'm on Ubuntu 22.04.3 and I was trying to install Arduino as an application. I'm fairly new to Linux and followed a couple of tutorials (mainly this one) but I can't achieve to make my application ...
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Is it Possible to Read stdout and stderr of Apps Launched From the Desktop?
Suppose I launch Firefox from my apps. Is the stdout and stderr redirected to a specific file or is it redirected to /dev/null? If it is indeed redirected to a specific file, I'd also like to know how ...
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Run .desktop file with its own icon in Icons Task Manager KDE Plasma Wayland
I have the following configuration:
Debian Trixie; Wayland; KDE 5.107.0 / Plasma 5.27.10
I have two .desktop files to launch two instances of brave browser with two different profiles and two ...
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Cannot remove desktop files from .config/autostart folder
I am configuring a arch based machine with a minimal desktop setup. I am logging into a qtile session, and I have the 'lxsession' package installed and run on start, but I am not logged into an lxde ...
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Running a program through Gnome GUI shell causes bad GPU behaviour, using the same command in CLI doesn't
If I run Blender by clicking on the icon in the Gnome Launcher I get garbled GPU rubbish. If I execute the command in a terminal window it runs fine. How can I fix it so it runs without having to open ...
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Starting an application with a .desktop file right at system start: Why is it inactive after system start, requiring selection by alt + TAB?
All application startups set by GUI for current user sessions are stored as files at a certain place of per home directory:
cd ~/.config/autostart
Set an application to start up with every boot by ...
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Program runs from launcher, but not terminal
I just build and installed paraview. It shows up correctly in the application launcher, and launches just fine when run that way. But when I run paraview from terminal, I get an error: paraview: ...
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force run Chrome with flags
Is there a way to launch (a modern version of) Google Chrome with some flags that are unavailable from chrome://flags just from the desktop icon?
As it seems, Google did some heavy lifting preventing ...
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How to create a Desktop Entry that executes a bash script inside the terminal?
How to create a Desktop Entry that executes a bash script inside the terminal by clicking in a shell file?
Note: I don't want to open a specified terminal, but the default system terminal shell ...
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Adding and removing applications in the side panel of pcmanfm
In Arch Linux, when I open pcmanfm, on the sidebar there are tabs called 'Home Folder', 'Trash Can', 'Applications', and 'Devices'.
Under 'Applications', there are shortcuts to a bunch of different ...
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Design .desktop File to Launch the Default Terminal Emulator with Arguments
I'd like to be able to open text and source code files in neovim (or any other terminal-based text editor) when an XDG-compatible GUI application asks with which application to open that file. For now,...
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Detach running command from terminal window
I run the following .desktop file in Gnome, to start my Remote Session:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=xfreerdp RDP
Comment=A sample application
Exec=/usr/bin/xfreerdp +clipboard ...
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Is it possible to force set class name for wayland window in KDE?
I have two Chromium windows. Both are working with ozone wayland. I want both to have different class names. This is for the reason, that I want to apply different window rules for them, and I want to ...
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