How to run a shell script clicking directly on a desktop icon saved on
the desktop.
reddit / BSD

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loziomario · 2021-10-13 22:30

Hello.

I'm on FreeBSD 13R,where I have installed KDE 5. I've created a
shortcut to application,pointing to the command that you see below and
I would like to run it while clicking on the icon saved on my desktop.
Actually it does not work ; when I click it on the desktop icon
nothing happens. What's wrong ? I'm using the csh shell.

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`[Desktop Entry]`

`Comment[it_IT]=`

`Comment=`

`Exec=/usr/sbin/chroot /compat/ubuntu /bin/bash`

`GenericName[it_IT]=`

`GenericName=`

`Icon=system-run`

`MimeType=`

`Name[it_IT]=ubuntu-chroot`

`Name=ubuntu-chroot`

`Path=`

`StartupNotify=true`

`Terminal=false`

`TerminalOptions=`

`Type=Application`

`X-DBUS-ServiceName=`

`X-DBUS-StartupType=`

`X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false`

`X-KDE-Username=`

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-kilix- · 2021-10-14 05:14

Try to prepend the command with "konsole -e" (without the quotation
marks).
I am not sure how these KDE launchers work though. I would write a
normal #!/bin/sh oneliner instead.

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loziomario · 2021-10-14 10:10

like this ?

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\[Desktop Entry\]

Comment\[it\_IT\]=

Comment=

Exec=konsole -e /usr/sbin/chroot /compat/ubuntu /bin/bash

GenericName\[it\_IT\]=

GenericName=

Icon=system-run

MimeType=

Name\[it\_IT\]=Ubuntu-Chroot

Name=Ubuntu-chroot

Path=

StartupNotify=true

Terminal=false

TerminalOptions=

Type=Application

X-DBUS-ServiceName=

X-DBUS-StartupType=

X-KDE-SubstituteUID=false

X-KDE-Username=

​

a window opens and closes immediately when I click on the desktop
icon.