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hanugm
Asked: 2018-10-26 16:42:50 +0800 CST

Failed to launch, Desktop file didn't specify Exec file

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I recently installed UGet download manager.

When I try to open it, it is showing the error:

Failed to launch "UGet"

Desktop file didn't specify Exec field

How to handle this issue?

.desktop 18.04

1 Answers

  1. The .desktop file should look like this...

    /usr/share/applications$ ls -al uget*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 296 Mar 16  2018 uget-gtk.desktop

    /usr/share/applications$ more uget-gtk.desktop 

    [Desktop Entry]
Name=uGet
GenericName=Download Manager
Comment=Download multiple URLs and apply it to one of setting/queue.
Exec=env GDK_BACKEND=x11 uget-gtk %u
Icon=uget-icon
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Network;FileTransfer;
Keywords=filetransfer;download files;download manager;
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