Creating an Application Launcher for GNOME 3 in Ubuntu

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Marc M. picture Marc M. · Oct 19, 2012 · Viewed 25.5k times · Source

I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installed on my machine. I also have installed GNOME 3. I then installed the IDE IntelliJ without issue. However I installed it to a custom location and now the only way to run it is through the terminal via "./idea.sh". I would like to create an application launcher so I can launch IntelliJ via the applications list in the GNOME 3 windows manager. How would I do such a thing via the terminal, not through a 3rd part utility. I would also prefer to have the correct icon for the launcher, not a generic one. Thank you for the help.

Answer

mlissner picture mlissner · May 17, 2013

Run Intellij, then go to Tools > Create Desktop Entry.

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