I have an app in /usr/local/AppDir/ called App. I start this app from within the /usr/local/AppDir with the following command.
sudo ./App
How can I create a desktop shortcut that starts this app?
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Use a *.desktop file. Look into it's documentation or at this answer.
For Exec= use your path /usr/local/AppDir/App and if you need sudo, do something like gksudo /usr/local/AppDir/App. gksudo asks for the sudo passphrase in a graphical Window.
Peter Nerlich
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Make a text file on your desktop with name app.desktop or something_you_like.desktop and add following data to it.
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=sudo /usr/local/AppDir/App
Name=App
Comment=comment here
Icon=icon path here
Save the file and add make it executable by executing following command in terminal :
cd Desktop
chmod +x app.desktop
Faizan Akram Dar
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