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minyves
Asked: 2018-05-02 23:36:06 +0800 CST

flatpak app dock icon

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If I install software as a flatpak app, to use it I have to start it from the shell like this flatpak run org.name.appname

How do I add an icon for that to ubuntu dock? I can make a script like that:

#!/bin/bash
flatpak run org.audacityteam.Audacity

but then, how do I add this shell script to dock?

ubuntu-dock 18.04 flatpak

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Create a file in $HOME/.local/share/applications/audacity.desktop with this content:

    #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Name=Audacity
Exec=/usr/bin/flatpak run org.audacityteam.Audacity
Icon=__path_to_the_icon_on_your_filesystem__

    After that the launcher will appear in dash: press super (windows) and type "audacity" and launch the application. While audacity is running right click on its icon on dock and choose "Add To Favorites".

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