Linking an Icon to an executable in Ubuntu
To link an icon to an executable in Ubuntu you need to do the following: (In my example I will be using Aptana Studio) 1. Open a terminal window and go to /usr/share/applications 2. Create a desktop file by running sudo gedit app-name.desktop (aptana.desktop) 3. Add the following properties to the .desktop file [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Encoding=UTF-8 Name=Eclipse Comment=Aptana Studio IDE Exec=/opt/Aptana_Studio_3/AptanaStudio3 (your executable) Icon=/opt/Aptana_Studio_3/icon.xpm (your icon) Terminal=false Type=Application Categories=GNOME;Application;Development; StartupNotify=true Save the File If you now search for your application the icon should be linked to the executable. Update: In order to get the icon appearing in the launcher bar, I had to copy the aptana.desktop file into ~/.local/share/applications/ I then pressed the windows key and searched for 'aptana' and dragged the icon to the launcher bar.