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qtVlm.desktop file doesn't exist for desktop launcher

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2 days 13 hours ago #3272 by gni
Installed qtVLM raspberry Pi 5" bookworm 
in the installation guide i try to follow the instructions to add desktop launcher

But the file qtVlm,desktop doesn't exist in the directory.

Any suggestions ?

Thx Gerard
 
File "instructions launcher raspberry Pi 
ENGLISH:
Modify QtVlm.sh with an editor to replace the path with the path where qtVlm is installed (1 place)
modify qtVlm.desktop with an editor to replace the path where qtVlm is installed (2 places).
run the following command:
cp qtVlm.desktop ~/.local/share/applications

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17 hours 20 minutes ago #3278 by cameronag
You will have to create the qtVlm file yourself using  a text editor such as "nano".
The file should contain text something like this:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=QtVlm
Path=/home/agc/Downloads/QtVlm/qtVlm/  << path to where your qtVlm executable is located
Exec=/home/agc/Downloads/QtVlm/qtVlm/qtVlm  << your qtVlm executable
Icon=/home/agc/Downloads/QtVlm/qtVlm/icon/qtVlm.ico  << location of a suitable icon
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Categories=Accessories;

Then make the text file executable using the chmod command
chmod +x <<your .desktop file>>

or right-click in File Manager, or on the desktop, select Properties, Permissions and check "Allow executing file as a program".

I had exactly the same problem just a few hours ago in Linux Mint!

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12 hours 46 minutes ago #3279 by oxygen77
For rapsberry pi5 in the tar.gz you should find 3 files :
- qtVlm.sh
- instructions_for_launcher_rpi.txt
- qtVlm.desktop

I've just double checked and latest version (qtVlm-5.12.17-p3-rpi5_64.tar.gz) is ok

Anyway this is not bulletproof and the way to document the file might differ from one linux to another one

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