Starting GnuCash from desktop shortcut or menu entry in KDE

[Jonas Lippuner]

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This worked :) Thank you so much, Bob!


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Subject: Re: Starting GnuCash from desktop shortcut or menu entry in KDE
From: Robert L Brush III <bobbrush3 at gmail.com>
To: Jonas Lippuner <jonas at lippuner.ca>
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Date: Wed 01 Jan 2014 12:36:17 PM PST

> This is what I do:
> 
> 1.) Make a desktop file, set permissions, and move to the correct 
> location for your environment.
> 
> echo '[Desktop Entry] Name=GnuCash 2.6 Terminal=false 
> Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/gnucash-icon-256x256.png Type=Application 
> Encoding=UTF-8 Categories=Office;Finance; Exec=/usr/bin/gnucash2r6 
> Comment=Manage your finances, accounts, and 
> investments'>gnucash2r6.desktop
> 
> chmod 644 gnucash2r6.desktop cp gnucash2r6.desktop
> /usr/share/applications/
> 
> Create a link from the executable file to the name used in the
> desktop file.  This might be an extra step for you, I only use it
> because of multiple versions.  I need to have separate icons for
> stable, distro, and latest, this allows me to relink to a new
> version, and if something goes really bad, relink to the old
> version without downtime.  Also you might find different
> configurations install to different locations, so good to check
> this matches your system.
> 
> ln -s /usr/local/bin/gnucash /usr/bin/gnucash2r6
> 
> I usually copy the svg file, but I couldn't find so I guess this
> will do.. cp
> /usr/local/share/gnucash/pixmaps/gnucash-icon-256x256.png
> /usr/share/pixmaps/
> 
> For more information on desktop shortcuts, check this out: 
> http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html
>
>  Good luck!  Bob Brush
> 
> On Tue, 2013-12-31 at 12:05 -0800, Jonas Lippuner wrote:
>> Hi guys,
>> 
>> Has anybody had any luck with starting GnuCash 2.6.0 from a
>> desktop shortcut or the menu entry in KDE?
>> 
>> This used to work fine for GnuCash 2.4.13 (and earlier), but it's
>> not working for me anymore with GnuCash 2.6.0...
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks for any help or suggestions, Jonas
>> 
>> 
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