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Shell script not opening as desktop application
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I have a shell script which is a wine command to open an .exe file, which looks like this:
#!/bin/bash
wine wow.exe -opengl
Its only purpose is to run that .exe file. It works if I just double click the script. The location of the script is the same as the .exe file. What I want is to have a desktop application, i.e. an icon I can pin to my dock, which executes this shell script. My desktop application file looks like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Comment=WoW
Exec=/home/siegmeyer/Documents/WoW/WoW.sh
Icon=/home/siegmeyer/Documents/WoW/WoW.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
Name[en_US]=WoW
I can successfully pin the application to my dock, the icon even shows up, but when I click the application, nothing happens, the cursor gets stuck into an infinite loading icon. Have I missed anything?
scripts wine .desktop executable ubuntu-dock
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I have a shell script which is a wine command to open an .exe file, which looks like this:
#!/bin/bash
wine wow.exe -opengl
Its only purpose is to run that .exe file. It works if I just double click the script. The location of the script is the same as the .exe file. What I want is to have a desktop application, i.e. an icon I can pin to my dock, which executes this shell script. My desktop application file looks like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Comment=WoW
Exec=/home/siegmeyer/Documents/WoW/WoW.sh
Icon=/home/siegmeyer/Documents/WoW/WoW.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
Name[en_US]=WoW
I can successfully pin the application to my dock, the icon even shows up, but when I click the application, nothing happens, the cursor gets stuck into an infinite loading icon. Have I missed anything?
scripts wine .desktop executable ubuntu-dock
1
What happens if you change theExec=line toExec=wine wow.exe -opengl? Also instead ofwine wow.exewithwine "C:pathtowow.exe"?
– pomsky
Apr 7 at 8:44
I changedExec=toExec= wine "C:homesiegmeyerDocumentsWoWWoW.exe" -openglbut it does not work, now nothing loads
– user825380
Apr 7 at 9:03
Changing in that way would not work, you need to have the executable in your.winedirectory and then you'll have to use virtual Windows-like path. What aboutExec=wine "/full/path/to/wow.exe" -opengl?
– pomsky
Apr 7 at 9:18
add a comment |
I have a shell script which is a wine command to open an .exe file, which looks like this:
#!/bin/bash
wine wow.exe -opengl
Its only purpose is to run that .exe file. It works if I just double click the script. The location of the script is the same as the .exe file. What I want is to have a desktop application, i.e. an icon I can pin to my dock, which executes this shell script. My desktop application file looks like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Comment=WoW
Exec=/home/siegmeyer/Documents/WoW/WoW.sh
Icon=/home/siegmeyer/Documents/WoW/WoW.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
Name[en_US]=WoW
I can successfully pin the application to my dock, the icon even shows up, but when I click the application, nothing happens, the cursor gets stuck into an infinite loading icon. Have I missed anything?
scripts wine .desktop executable ubuntu-dock
I have a shell script which is a wine command to open an .exe file, which looks like this:
#!/bin/bash
wine wow.exe -opengl
Its only purpose is to run that .exe file. It works if I just double click the script. The location of the script is the same as the .exe file. What I want is to have a desktop application, i.e. an icon I can pin to my dock, which executes this shell script. My desktop application file looks like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Comment=WoW
Exec=/home/siegmeyer/Documents/WoW/WoW.sh
Icon=/home/siegmeyer/Documents/WoW/WoW.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
Name[en_US]=WoW
I can successfully pin the application to my dock, the icon even shows up, but when I click the application, nothing happens, the cursor gets stuck into an infinite loading icon. Have I missed anything?
scripts wine .desktop executable ubuntu-dock
scripts wine .desktop executable ubuntu-dock
edited Apr 7 at 21:10
asked Apr 7 at 8:19
user825380
1
What happens if you change theExec=line toExec=wine wow.exe -opengl? Also instead ofwine wow.exewithwine "C:pathtowow.exe"?
– pomsky
Apr 7 at 8:44
I changedExec=toExec= wine "C:homesiegmeyerDocumentsWoWWoW.exe" -openglbut it does not work, now nothing loads
– user825380
Apr 7 at 9:03
Changing in that way would not work, you need to have the executable in your.winedirectory and then you'll have to use virtual Windows-like path. What aboutExec=wine "/full/path/to/wow.exe" -opengl?
– pomsky
Apr 7 at 9:18
add a comment |
1
What happens if you change theExec=line toExec=wine wow.exe -opengl? Also instead ofwine wow.exewithwine "C:pathtowow.exe"?
– pomsky
Apr 7 at 8:44
I changedExec=toExec= wine "C:homesiegmeyerDocumentsWoWWoW.exe" -openglbut it does not work, now nothing loads
– user825380
Apr 7 at 9:03
Changing in that way would not work, you need to have the executable in your.winedirectory and then you'll have to use virtual Windows-like path. What aboutExec=wine "/full/path/to/wow.exe" -opengl?
– pomsky
Apr 7 at 9:18
1
1
What happens if you change the
Exec= line to Exec=wine wow.exe -opengl? Also instead of wine wow.exe with wine "C:pathtowow.exe"?– pomsky
Apr 7 at 8:44
What happens if you change the
Exec= line to Exec=wine wow.exe -opengl? Also instead of wine wow.exe with wine "C:pathtowow.exe"?– pomsky
Apr 7 at 8:44
I changed
Exec= to Exec= wine "C:homesiegmeyerDocumentsWoWWoW.exe" -opengl but it does not work, now nothing loads– user825380
Apr 7 at 9:03
I changed
Exec= to Exec= wine "C:homesiegmeyerDocumentsWoWWoW.exe" -opengl but it does not work, now nothing loads– user825380
Apr 7 at 9:03
Changing in that way would not work, you need to have the executable in your
.wine directory and then you'll have to use virtual Windows-like path. What about Exec=wine "/full/path/to/wow.exe" -opengl?– pomsky
Apr 7 at 9:18
Changing in that way would not work, you need to have the executable in your
.wine directory and then you'll have to use virtual Windows-like path. What about Exec=wine "/full/path/to/wow.exe" -opengl?– pomsky
Apr 7 at 9:18
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To make sure the script is looking for the executable in the right directory, you could change the call to
wine "$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")")/wow.exe" -opengl
This will insert the absolute path of the script (and thus the exe) into the call. It would work without the quotes for paths that don't contain whitespace, but I recommend to keep them in case you move the directory.
answered Apr 7 at 9:19
MurphyMurphy
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To make sure the script is looking for the executable in the right directory, you could change the call to
wine "$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")")/wow.exe" -opengl
This will insert the absolute path of the script (and thus the exe) into the call. It would work without the quotes for paths that don't contain whitespace, but I recommend to keep them in case you move the directory.
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To make sure the script is looking for the executable in the right directory, you could change the call to
wine "$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")")/wow.exe" -opengl
This will insert the absolute path of the script (and thus the exe) into the call. It would work without the quotes for paths that don't contain whitespace, but I recommend to keep them in case you move the directory.
answered Apr 7 at 9:19
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To make sure the script is looking for the executable in the right directory, you could change the call to
wine "$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")")/wow.exe" -opengl
This will insert the absolute path of the script (and thus the exe) into the call. It would work without the quotes for paths that don't contain whitespace, but I recommend to keep them in case you move the directory.
answered Apr 7 at 9:19
MurphyMurphy
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To make sure the script is looking for the executable in the right directory, you could change the call to
wine "$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")")/wow.exe" -opengl
This will insert the absolute path of the script (and thus the exe) into the call. It would work without the quotes for paths that don't contain whitespace, but I recommend to keep them in case you move the directory.
answered Apr 7 at 9:19
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What happens if you change the
Exec=line toExec=wine wow.exe -opengl? Also instead ofwine wow.exewithwine "C:pathtowow.exe"?– pomsky
Apr 7 at 8:44
I changed
Exec=toExec= wine "C:homesiegmeyerDocumentsWoWWoW.exe" -openglbut it does not work, now nothing loads– user825380
Apr 7 at 9:03
Changing in that way would not work, you need to have the executable in your
.winedirectory and then you'll have to use virtual Windows-like path. What aboutExec=wine "/full/path/to/wow.exe" -opengl?– pomsky
Apr 7 at 9:18