create icon in ubuntu unity- a simple way

Posted by Frederic Trillaud at October 27. 2012

Dear all,

if you have been looking for creating an icon of Salome or Salome-Meca in Unity ubuntu, here is a simple way:

1- Create a desktop application shortcut:

gksudo gedit /usr/share/applications/salomeMeca.desktop

2- Fill in with the following information:

[Desktop Entry]

Version=6.5.0 #Depend on the version you have installed

Type=Application

Terminal=true

StartupNotify=true

Icon=/opt/SALOME-MECA-2012.2-LGPL/SALOME-MECA/V6_5_0/SalomeMeca.png #Depends on the installation path and version

Name=salomeMeca2012 #Change it as you please

Comment=Plateform to create models and solve thermo-mechanical problems # any description

Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 /opt/SALOME-MECA-2012.2-LGPL/runSalomeMeca # fill in path to the executable

Categories=Application

You are done, now you can call up salomeMeca2012 from dash and integrate the icon in the menu bar.

Enjoy,

Frederic Trillaud