How to Create a .Desktop File

Create .Desktop Files With a Third-Party Program #

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:diesch/stable
sudo apt install arronax

Create Desktop Launchers #

application-name.desktop #

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=/path/to/executable
Name=Name of Application
Icon=/path/to/icon

Path (user only) #

~/.local/share/applications/

Path (global) #

/usr/share/applications/
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