How to add a shell script to launcher as shortcut
- Create
*.desktop
file, location depends on if it is for personal use or all users. If these directories do not exist, create them.
For personal use , ~/.local/share/applications
gedit ~/.local/share/applications/name.desktop
For all users, /usr/local/share/applications/
(or /usr/share/applications/
depending upon your system).
sudo -i gedit /usr/share/applications/name.desktop
Paste below text
[Desktop Entry] Type=Application Terminal=true Name=unmount-mount Icon=/path/to/icon/icon.svg Exec=/path/to/file/mount-unmount.sh
edit
Icon=
andExec=
andName=
Also
Terminal=True/false
determines whether the terminal opens a window and displays output or runs in the backgroundput this in unity panel by dragging it from files manager
logic is very simple that unity panel allows *.desktop
files as launcher though I haven't tried it because I use Natty.
What @vipara said is mostly correct, except that I also found /usr/local/share
didn't work for me. Also, you will need to run sudo update-desktop-database
after adding this file in order to refresh the launcher apps. Also, there is a much easier way to create the .desktop files. First, make sure you have the gnome-panel installed (it was pre-installed on my 12.04 Ubuntu):
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends gnome-panel
Once you have this command, then you can run:
gnome-desktop-item-edit ~/Desktop/ --create-new
This will bring up a nice GUI window where you can select the application, icon, etc. It will dump the .desktop file on your desktop (or wherever you direct it), so you'll still need to sudo mv it to the applications folder and update the desktop database afterwards
Launchers are saved in /home/myusername/.local/share/applications