I have created the .desktop file in /usr/share/applications. Of course,
altering the paths accordingly. However I am still not clear what to do
now. I added in the calculator in the web admin thinking I could find
clues there but I haven't had any luck thus far.
Has there been any news on a wiki? Just something quick that would
detail how one thing refers to another so that I can put the dots in
place to connect them.
Thanks,
Alex
Theron Dekok wrote:
When installing applications such as firefox,thunderbird etc you need to
create a .desktop entry file in the /usr/share/applications folder. For
example, if firefox is in /opt you would create the following in
/usr/share/applications/
cat /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Firefox Browser
Comment=Browse the Internet
Exec=/opt/firefox/firefox
TryExec=/opt/firefox/firefox
Icon=/opt/firefox/icons/mozicon50.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Network;X-Sun-Quick-Start;
StartupNotify=true
The "Categories" section above is one you'll want to pay special
attention to as this determines where in the launch menu the icon is
placed. In the case of firefox above, it resides in the Apps/Internet
folder & also on the Quick-Start. Note that you may want to edit
"mozilla.desktop" and remove the "X-Sun-Quick-Start" so that the icon
only shows up under the "Internet" folder. You can also create your own
folders by editing /etc/gnome-vfs-2.0/vfolders/applications-all-users..
This is a little more complicated but can be explained if needed. I have
been debating if some explanation of this should be added to the Sun Ray
wiki - even though it isn't directly Sun Ray related.
-Theron
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