How is it possible to run Pycharm from the launcher with root privileges?
I can do that from the terminal window, with sudo ./pycharm.sh
, but I'd like to do the same directly from the launcher.
Try: gksudo ./path/to/pycharm/executable
More about gksudo
If you're on ubuntu and don't have gksudo
install it using:
apt-get install gksu
Here is an example launcher configuration (under: ~/.local/share/applications/jetbrains-pycharm-ce.desktop
):
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=PyCharm Community Edition
Icon=/home/YOUR_USER/pycharm/bin/pycharm.png
Exec=gksudo -k -u root "/home/YOUR_USER/pycharm/bin/pycharm.sh" %f
Comment=Develop with pleasure!
Categories=Development;IDE;
Terminal=false
StartupWMClass=jetbrains-pycharm-ce
ce
indicates community edition, yours may differ.