App added via menu editor won't launch (midwest.social)

submitted 4 months ago by Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social to c/techsupport@lemmy.world

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So I was trying to add this application to my app grid called Grayjay using the menu editor menulibre. While the application was added to the app grid every time I try to launch it does absolultly nothing. I have tried making a .sh file to launch the app and then adding that but that did not work either. I am able to run both the executable and the .sh file via the command line. Is there a way I can fix this so that I can launch the Grayjay via the app grid instead of the terminal.

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[-] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

No idea what you did there, just add a desktop entry manually

cat > ~/.local/share/applications/grayjay.desktop <<EOF
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Grayjay
Comment=Media Player
Icon=$HOME/path/to/icon
Exec=$HOME/path/to/exec-script.sh
EOF

Maybe you didnt chmod +x that script?

Worked for me without issues. Trying to run the program with mullvad-exclude though didnt work at all, they have some weird issues. Hopefully they make a Flatpak.

[-] Lanky_Pomegranate530@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago

I tried adding the desktop entry manually and it still doesn't work. I even did a chmod +x on the .sh and the executable.

[-] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 months ago

What files are in that grayjay directory that could work? Did you try manually? All of them?

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