Three ways to create desktop shortcuts for Linux

System platform: Ubuntu12.04

Creating desktop shortcuts under a Linux system can open apps faster. Here are three ways to summarize, but also to check some of the information collated, to share with you. By the way, after opening the application under Linux, the application bar on the left (which is vertical, I call it the application bar) will appear the corresponding program thumbnail, on the thumbnail right-click out of the menu, the menu can choose to lock to the app bar, you can later in the application of the thumbnail to launch the app.

The following is a formal introduction to the three ways to create shortcuts on the desktop, after creation on the desktop can see the corresponding software icon, double-click to run.

The first type:

Go to/usr/share/applicatoions, find the shortcut to the software you need, and copy it to the desktop.

This method does not apply to all programs, and some programs do not create shortcuts here.

The second type:

Take software Netanim as an example, the desktop new empty text name is Netznim (do not double-click Open, to open the editor, open it), open the editor, open the empty file just created, add content:

[Desktop Entry]

Type=application

version=0.9.4

Name=netanim

Comment=run Netanim

Icon=/usr2/ns-allinone-3.25/netanim-3.107/netanim-logo.png

Exec=/usr2/ns-allinone-3.25/netanim-3.107/netanim

Terminal=false

Then save, you can double-click to run the program. Some of the above code is not required, and there is no configuration listed here (Personal level limited ^_^). Icon inside refers to the absolute path of the program icon, and exec configures the absolute path of the program to be run. If you want to learn more about the configuration, you can view other more professional information, here is a reference link.

The third type:

Or take Netanim as an example, specifically according to their own changes

Methods of using soft links

In the Command window, enter:

Ln-s/usr2/ns-allinone-3.25/netanim-3.107/netanim ~/desktop

You can see the shortcut on your desktop. Here the previous path is the source path of the program, and the second is where you need to create a shortcut.

OK, now go try it, wish you success yo ~

Three ways to create desktop shortcuts for Linux