gnome desktop launcher for bash script

[toypest]

How to create gnome desktop launcher for bash script?

1. i click the right button and select create laucher
2. i fill up name field and select my bash script in a command field.
3. click ok

the gnome desktop launcher is created, but when i click on it, nothing happens!

WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?

thank you.

[kerry_s]

is your script executable?

[toypest]

yes! i used chmod a+x *.sh on my bash script
and even tried chmod a+x ~/Desktop/mylauncher.desktop

[angry_johnnie]

yes! i used chmod a+x *.sh on my bash script


what you need to do is


chmod a+x /path/to/your/script


and even tried chmod a+x ~/Desktop/mylauncher.desktop

that's only if you wrote a .desktop file, which is not a script, really.

usually, a bash script would be something like this:


#!/bin/bash

some command
some other command

exit 0

you can name this file anything you want. it doesn't necessarily need a .sh extension (or any other extension, for that matter). if you're going to chmod it, make sure you chmod the correct file name.

you tried *.sh
and you also tried filename.desktop

so, what is it? is it a .sh or a .desktop?
does it actually have an extension, or is it just a filename.
if it is just a filename, you need to chmod the filename only, without extensions.

another thing to consider is that if the file is not within your home directory, you'll need to sudo chmod a+x the file in question.