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I have an appimage for a game that I'd like to access via the application launcher in Xubuntu Linux and also create a desktop icon. How would I go about doing this? Any help would be much appreciated.

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  • You will have to create a .desktop file and place it in .local/share/applications inside your home folder – Archisman Panigrahi Jul 19 '23 at 15:52
  • Archisman and @mook765 yes that does answer my question, thank you! – Cranberry Jul 20 '23 at 20:19
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Tools like Menulibre or Alacarte allow to create a menu entry using a GUI. However, you can also create a .desktop launcher yourself. If it is valid, i.e. contains all needed fields with reference to a valid executable, you place it in the folder ~/.local/share/applications and within seconds it is picked up in your application menu.

See man xdg-desktop-menuunder DESKTOP FILES to learn how a .desktop launcher is formatted. A .desktop launcher should contain at least:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Application Name
Icon=Icon File
Exec=Command Line

Of course, substitute the values applicable for the appimage you want to run through that launcher.

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