How to create an application shortcut on Fedora?
06/06/2023
Linux
Inside $HOME
, there is a directory named ~/.local/share/applications
which containts all application shortcuts for the current user
.
To make a new application shortcut you need to make a new file named *.desktop
with the following schema.
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Postman
Comment=Postman
Icon=/home/nguyenvinhlinh/Software/Postman-7.0.9/icon.png
Path=/home/nguyenvinhlinh/Software/Postman-7.0.9
Exec=/home/nguyenvinhlinh/Software/Postman-7.0.9/Postman
Terminal=false
Categories=Development;
To refresh/update application.desktop
, you can use the following command:
update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications
If it all works correctly, a new application shortcut will be displayed on Gnome Search.
![[1] GNOME Search](/image/posts/2020-10-12-How-to-create-application-shortcut-on-Fedora/1.png)