tricks:application-icon [LMDE journeys]

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--- tricks:application-icon [2015/08/25 01:03]
admin [Download/Extract the Application]
+++ tricks:application-icon [2015/08/25 01:31]
admin [Create a Menu Icon]
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 Then right click on the downloaded .tar.bz2 archive and and select "extract here"...
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+=== Move to /opt and change access rights ===
+It is of use, in the Linux environment, to put "extra" software in the /opt directory. To do this, you'll need to have admin rights:
+<code>
+> cd ~/Downloads
+> mv "Sublime Text 2" sublime
+> sudo mv sublime /opt
+> cd /opt
+> sudo chown -R root:root sublime
+> sudo chmod -R +r sublime
+</code>
+===== Create Executable in /usr Path =====
+<code>
+> sudo nano /usr/bin/sublime_text
+Paste:
+#!/bin/sh
+export SUBLIME_HOME="/opt/sublime"
+$SUBLIME_HOME/sublime_text "$*"
+Save the file (Ctrl+x - y)
+> sudo chmod 775 /usr/bin/sublime_text
+</code>
+===== Create a Menu Icon =====
+<code>
+> sudo nano /usr/share/applications/sublime.desktop
+Paste:
+[Desktop Entry]
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Name=Sublime Text
+Comment=Sublime Text 2
+Exec=sublime_text
+Icon=/opt/sublime/Icon/256x256/sublime_text.png
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+Categories=GNOME;GTK;Utility;TextEditor;
+StartupNotify=true
+Save the file (Ctrl+x - y)
+</code>
+You should now find the Sublime Text icon in **Menu > Accessories > Sublime Text**
+For a list of categories, refer to th [[http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apa.html|freedesktop.org Registered Categories list]] as well as the [[http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apas02.html|additional categories]].