How to add CLion icon to desktop in Ubuntu

You can add a desktop entry to your system directly in CLion :

Main Menu > Tools > Create Desktop entry...

Download the file clion.desktop, put it in ~/.local/share/applications and mark it executable. You may need to adapt the Icon and Exec path to point to CLion-2016.1/bin/clion.svg and resp. CLion-2016.1/bin/clion.sh.

This will allow the launcher etc. to find clion, you can also copy the file to ~/Desktop to have it on your desktop.