On 9/18/2013 5:24 PM, Nik Th wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: John Hupp
Sent: 09/18/13 11:19 PM
To: Lubuntu Users
Subject: Creating a desktop shortcut
I want to create a desktop shortcut for a command that I ordinarily run in an
lxterm window thus:
sudo ltsp-update-image --cleanup /
I tried a standard desktop shortcut with the relevant line:
Exec=sudo ltsp-update-image --cleanup /
but running the shortcut produces no results.
I also tried modifying that to:
Exec=gksudo ltsp-update-image --cleanup /
But likewise running that produces no results.
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I also tried creating a bash script with the contents:
#!/bin/bash
sudo ltsp-update-image --cleanup /
And alternatively with line 2:
gksudo ltsp-update-image --cleanup /
and simply also with line 2:
ltsp-update-image --cleanup /
Trying to run any of those versions, it prompts to Execute or to Execute in
Terminal, but none of those choices runs the update program or even prompts
for a password.
What am I doing wrong?
Tell to the system that this is an application .desktop file. Take as
an example the contents of one file inside /usr/share/applications/ .
Also you have to invoke an lxterminal in order to execute the command
Try this
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=ltsp-update
Comment=update ltsp
Exec=lxterminal --command="sudo ltsp-update-image --cleanup /"
Icon=
save above contents in a .desktop file, eg: update-ltsp.desktop
You can either save the file inside /usr/share/applications/ (global =
root privileges needed for saving) or .local/share/applications/ (only
for you, no root privileges needed). If the .local/share/applications/
path does not exist, create it.
For easy of use, you can add a path to the Icon= , of an icon either
.jpeg or .png . (64x64)
Regards
NikTh
-- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NikTh --
Thanks for nailing this (along with Andre Rodovalho, who pointed to the
same solution). The conveniently invoked update is running as we speak!
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