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how to add program icons

Post by lokiilox » Thu Jun 22, 2017 8:10 pm

i have minecraft on linux mint 18.1 kde on a laptop but it has the reg jar file icon on it. how do i add my own icon to it and other programs that dont have icons like Ocenaudio for instance.

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Re: how to add program icons

Post by ralplpcr » Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:55 pm

You’ll need to create a symbolic link, or a «launcher» to your .jar file in order to customize the icon. The .jar file apparently already has it’s association with Java, so you can’t change that icon without changing the file association or the icon for Java — — and that’s probably not something you want to deal with.

To create a sym link, you’ll need the path of where the .jar file resides as well as where you want the sym link to display. So if you have your Minecraft .jar file saved in /home/lokiilox and want the shortcut to appear on your desktop, you’d enter in Konsole:

ln -s /home/lokiilox/minecraft.jar /home/lokiilox/Desktop

You should now have a generic Minecraft shortcut on your desktop.
Right-click on it, and select «Properties».
You should be able to click on the generic icon in the properties window, and choose your new icon to display.

I’d recommend a .PNG file of roughly 64×64 or 128×128 pixels. You can use bigger — — it will be resized to a point, but obviously you want it to fit in with your other icons.

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Re: how to add program icons

Post by phd21 » Thu Jun 22, 2017 11:41 pm

1.) Java Apps: With any Java application, make sure you have Java runtimes installed, I usually install Java 7,8, 9, and Open Java 8.

You can easily create a menu item or desktop shortcut launcher and add icons.

If you create a menu item, right click menu key, edit applications, pick a category, click new item, fill in the Name, at the Command box, just browse to the Java file, add «java -jar » in front of it. It sometimes helps to also add the work path (folder location of the program’s file)

Then you can right click that menu item to add it to your desktop or activities.

For the Desktop, just right click «Create New», Link to application, on the Application tab at the Command box, just browse to the file, add «java -jar » in front of it, click apply, and okay. It sometimes helps to also add the work path (folder location of the program’s file).

To add an icon, right click the new desktop shortcut, click properties, click the icon place holder to browse to the icon image you want to use. For a menu item, click the icon place holder and browse to the image file.

Tip: Java «jar» files are archive files that can be right clicked and extracted, and they may have an icon in the extracted folders somewhere.

java -jar JavaApplicationName.jar

2.) There are easy to install Linux «.deb» files for Ocenaudio in the link below. For Linux Mint 18.1 I used the «debian 8» Ubuntu 15.04, 64 bit, ran the install, but afterwards I also had to run the console terminal commands below which completed the installation and added it to the menu.

3.) There are various applications and various installation methods, some create desktop shortcut launchers, and others require the user to create them and they can vary depending upon the type of installation files, some are «AppImage» (./application.AppImage), bash script (./application.sh), etc. You can ask here.

Phd21 : Mint 20 Cinnamon & xKDE (Mint Xfce + Kubuntu KDE) & KDE Neon 64-bit (new based on Ubuntu 20.04) Awesome OS’s , Dell Inspiron I5 7000 (7573) 2 in 1 touch screen, Dell OptiPlex 780 Core2Duo E8400 3GHz,4gb Ram, Intel 4 Graphics.

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Linux Mint: как настроить значки рабочего стола

Рабочий стол вашего компьютера — это первое, что вы видите, когда входите в систему. Значки на рабочем столе могут быть важной частью простого и быстрого доступа к нужным файлам. Linux Mint по умолчанию поставляется с довольно минималистичным рабочим столом. Многие пользователи могут предположить, что у него всего два значка: «Компьютер» и «Дом»; однако это не совсем так. Если вы подключите какие-либо внешние или съемные диски к нашей машине Linux Mint и смонтируете их, подключенный диск также появится в виде значка на рабочем столе.

Как расположить значок Dekstop — Linux Mint

Чтобы настроить значки на рабочем столе в Linux Mint, нажмите клавишу Super. Затем введите «Рабочий стол». Прежде чем нажать Enter или щелкнуть запись, убедитесь, что выбранный вами вариант отмечен синим значком и надписью «Управление значками рабочего стола» внизу. Другой вариант с зеленым значком открывает ваш «Рабочий стол».

Кончик: Клавиша «Super» — это имя, которое многие дистрибутивы Linux используют для обозначения клавиши Windows или клавиши «Command» Apple, избегая при этом любого риска проблем с торговыми марками.

Настройки значка рабочего стола

Первый параметр, которым вы можете управлять, — «Макет рабочего стола». В раскрывающемся списке вы можете выбрать:

• Нет значков на рабочем столе
• Отображать значки рабочего стола только на основном мониторе.
• Отображать значки рабочего стола на всех мониторах, кроме основного.
• Отображать значки рабочего стола на всех мониторах.

Следующий набор параметров, «Значки рабочего стола», позволяет вам выбрать, какие значки вы хотите отображать на рабочем столе. «Компьютер» предлагает ярлыки для различных дисков на вашем компьютере. «Дом» добавляет ярлык к вашему домашнему каталогу. «Корзина для мусора» — это ярлык для корзины. «Подключенные диски» показывает ярлык для любых подключенных дисков, таких как USB-накопители, внешние жесткие диски и оптические носители. «Сеть» включает ярлык для любых сконфигурированных сетевых накопителей.

Последняя настройка «Показывать значки с отсутствующих мониторов» используется, чтобы указать, нужны ли вам значки, которые предполагаются находиться на мониторе, который в данный момент не подключен, чтобы автоматически перейти к подключенному в данный момент мониторы. Этот параметр удобен только для компьютеров, на которых используется несколько мониторов, и его можно игнорировать для систем с одним монитором.

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How To Install Icon Themes In Linux Mint Cinnamon [Beginner Tip]

If you think the default Mint themes and icons are not good enough for you, why not change it? In this quick tip for beginners, we shall see how to install icon themes in Linux Mint 18 and more than that how to change the icons in Linux Mint. We shall see this quick tutorial by installing gorgeous Paper icon theme.

Just a quick note, if you do not know it already, there is a difference between ‘themes’ and ‘icon themes’. An icon theme just changes the look of icons while a theme changes a lot of other things along with the looks of icons.

Install icon themes in Linux Mint 18:

There are two ways to install icon themes in Linux Mint (and many other Linux distributions, if not all). If you download the icon theme in a zipped folder, you can extract it in ~/.icons directory. Usually, this directory does not exist. Feel free to create it.

The second way to install an icon theme is using a PPA. Most of the standard and popular icon themes have their own PPA. Lets see how to install Moka icons set in Mint using PPA.

Install Paper icon set in Linux Mint 18:

Open a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and use the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:snwh/pulp sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install paper-icon-theme

Change icons in Linux Mint 18:

Changing an icon theme in Ubuntu was straight forward. It is slightly hidden in Linux Mint though. Once you have installed the icon themes, go to Settings from the Menu. And then go to Themes.

Now you might have realized why I said that changing the icon is slightly hidden in Linux Mint. It is inside Themes option. To change only the icon, click on Icons there.

You’ll see all the icons set available here. Choose the one you like.

The changes will be reflected immediately. No need of a restart. Here is how my Linux Mint desktop looks after applying Moka icon themes:

I hope you find this quick to install and change icon themes in Linux Mint helpful. Don’t forget to check the best icon themes in Ubuntu, you’ll find some beautiful icons there to make your desktop prettier. Any questions, suggestion, thoughts? Feel free to drop a comment.

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Missing desktop icons SOLVED

Post by michellebrooks » Mon Oct 24, 2016 10:18 am

Just got a new computer and I am LOVING this OS! It runs SO much better than on my crappy old HP. Things are running lighting fast and working really well.

As I was configuring the new installation, I was playing around with the desktop animation and other tweaks. In doing this, I have noticed a couple of changes that I have questions about and hope someone can help.

1. When I use the animation effects, the menu pops up above the bottom panel bar. Removing the animation restored this. Is there any way to keep the menu flush with the bottom panel using the window animation features?

2. When these changes were made, I lost my desktop icons. These however they never returned to normal when I changed the settings back to the default install settings. They will reappear when I open the menu and click the «Home Folder» from the menu but will not show up otherwise unless I click that folder. Can this be fixed without having to reinstall the OS? The install was difficult as I had to install from a USB drive as this laptop does not have a cd or dvd drive. I had to change the BIOS setting from Legacy to the EU. something in order to see the USB at boot. That is a conversation for another thread though. lol.

Thanks in advance,
Michelle

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