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Desktop entry

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Freedesktop specification ​

Full documentation here.

Create entry ​

Desktop entries are defined at:

  • User: ~/.local/share/applications
  • System: /usr/share/applications

For example, to add a desktop entry for the application osu, add a file called osu.desktop with:

txt
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Osu!
Comment=Rhythm is just a click away
Categories=Game
Exec=/usr/local/games/osu.AppImage
Terminal=false

Note: Only Type and Name are required.

Icon ​

To add icon, specify the path to it in Icon:

txt
[Desktop Entry]
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/osu.png

If moving the file to /usr/share/pixmaps, specifying only the name is enough:

txt
[Desktop Entry]
Icon=osu