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We will add shortcut icon for Navicat.
You can create .desktop shortcut in any of these directories:
- ~/.local/share/applications/
- /usr/share/applications/
Run next commands:
$ cd /usr/share/applications
$ sudo touch navicat.desktop
$ sudo vim navicat.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Navicat
Comment=Navicat
Premium Exec=/home/popov/Soft/navicat121_premium_en_x64/start_navicat
Icon=/home/popov/Soft/navicat121_premium_en_x64/navicat.ico
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
Type=Application
Categories=Development;
Check you shortcut with desktop-file-validate
. Fix errors if they are presented.
$ desktop-file-validate navicat.desktop
Create shortcut icon on Desktop and in Menu
$ cp /usr/share/applications/navicat.desktop ~/Desktop/navicat.desktop
You should select a correct category for your icon. Take a note that Categories=Development
in Menu named as Prodgramming
or Categories=AudioVideo
named as Sound & Video
. If you apply category something like this Categories=Sound & Video
no item will appear in Menu.
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