3

I need to run a .desktop file as an admin but I have issues achieving this. I am working with this .desktop file

#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Some Application
Exec="/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java" -Xmx768M -jar /opt/some/application/boot.jar
Icon=/opt/some/application/logo.png
Categories=Application;

I am running Ubuntu 18.04. I have found this question here but it does not work for Ubuntu 18.04.

I tried putting an admin:// in front of it as well but that did not work either:

Neither

Exec="admin:///usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java" -Xmx768M -jar /opt/some/application/boot.jar

nor

Exec=admin:///usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java -Xmx768M -jar /opt/some/application/boot.jar

work. If I want to execute that file from the command line it only opens the content. Any help is highly appreciated. I was unable to find anything on Google in regard to Ubuntu 18.04.

JRsz
  • 131

1 Answers1

0

Defining Path might help. The following works for me:

#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=java -jar '/home/cenap/someprogram.jar'
Path=/home/cenap/
Name=SomeProgram
Comment=SomeProgram
Icon=/home/cenap/SomeProgram-icon.png
salihcenap
  • 539