How can I find the command to be used in a desktop icon that will launch a snap application?

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I want make a desktop icon, that will launch a program. Currently I can launch app from icon in "Show Applications", but I want icon on desktop.

I know, I should use



gnome-desktop-item-edit --create-new ~/Desktop


for creating shortcuts.



The problem is - I don't know command that will launch this particular app from terminal. And obviously, I need this unknown to me command for creating shortcuts.
I installed from snap, so I can't just copy icon from /usr/share/applications.



Any advice how to find such command or move icon from "Show Applications" to desktop?










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    You need to clarify which one you want - open the .desktop file from terminal, how to create a shortcut for snap, or how to place it onto desktop - because these are all separate issues and the post is considered too broad, and might be closed. I can give a hint on the first one : opening .desktop from terminal can be done either via gtk-launch or python script(askubuntu.com/a/239883/295286).

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    Jan 27 at 12:52












  • @sergiy I don't think it's too broad. As I understood OP just wants to create a launcher for a snap application in desktop. They toyed with a couple of ideas: (1) copying the launcher from system, but they failed as it's not there in /usr/share/applications (since it's a snap application), and (2) they tried to create a launcher by hand using gnome-desktop-item-edit, and again they failed as they didn't know what was to be used in the 'command' box.

    – pomsky
    Jan 27 at 13:27















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I want make a desktop icon, that will launch a program. Currently I can launch app from icon in "Show Applications", but I want icon on desktop.

I know, I should use



gnome-desktop-item-edit --create-new ~/Desktop


for creating shortcuts.



The problem is - I don't know command that will launch this particular app from terminal. And obviously, I need this unknown to me command for creating shortcuts.
I installed from snap, so I can't just copy icon from /usr/share/applications.



Any advice how to find such command or move icon from "Show Applications" to desktop?










share|improve this question



















  • 1





    You need to clarify which one you want - open the .desktop file from terminal, how to create a shortcut for snap, or how to place it onto desktop - because these are all separate issues and the post is considered too broad, and might be closed. I can give a hint on the first one : opening .desktop from terminal can be done either via gtk-launch or python script(askubuntu.com/a/239883/295286).

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    Jan 27 at 12:52












  • @sergiy I don't think it's too broad. As I understood OP just wants to create a launcher for a snap application in desktop. They toyed with a couple of ideas: (1) copying the launcher from system, but they failed as it's not there in /usr/share/applications (since it's a snap application), and (2) they tried to create a launcher by hand using gnome-desktop-item-edit, and again they failed as they didn't know what was to be used in the 'command' box.

    – pomsky
    Jan 27 at 13:27













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I want make a desktop icon, that will launch a program. Currently I can launch app from icon in "Show Applications", but I want icon on desktop.

I know, I should use



gnome-desktop-item-edit --create-new ~/Desktop


for creating shortcuts.



The problem is - I don't know command that will launch this particular app from terminal. And obviously, I need this unknown to me command for creating shortcuts.
I installed from snap, so I can't just copy icon from /usr/share/applications.



Any advice how to find such command or move icon from "Show Applications" to desktop?










share|improve this question
















I want make a desktop icon, that will launch a program. Currently I can launch app from icon in "Show Applications", but I want icon on desktop.

I know, I should use



gnome-desktop-item-edit --create-new ~/Desktop


for creating shortcuts.



The problem is - I don't know command that will launch this particular app from terminal. And obviously, I need this unknown to me command for creating shortcuts.
I installed from snap, so I can't just copy icon from /usr/share/applications.



Any advice how to find such command or move icon from "Show Applications" to desktop?







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    You need to clarify which one you want - open the .desktop file from terminal, how to create a shortcut for snap, or how to place it onto desktop - because these are all separate issues and the post is considered too broad, and might be closed. I can give a hint on the first one : opening .desktop from terminal can be done either via gtk-launch or python script(askubuntu.com/a/239883/295286).

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    Jan 27 at 12:52












  • @sergiy I don't think it's too broad. As I understood OP just wants to create a launcher for a snap application in desktop. They toyed with a couple of ideas: (1) copying the launcher from system, but they failed as it's not there in /usr/share/applications (since it's a snap application), and (2) they tried to create a launcher by hand using gnome-desktop-item-edit, and again they failed as they didn't know what was to be used in the 'command' box.

    – pomsky
    Jan 27 at 13:27












  • 1





    You need to clarify which one you want - open the .desktop file from terminal, how to create a shortcut for snap, or how to place it onto desktop - because these are all separate issues and the post is considered too broad, and might be closed. I can give a hint on the first one : opening .desktop from terminal can be done either via gtk-launch or python script(askubuntu.com/a/239883/295286).

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    Jan 27 at 12:52












  • @sergiy I don't think it's too broad. As I understood OP just wants to create a launcher for a snap application in desktop. They toyed with a couple of ideas: (1) copying the launcher from system, but they failed as it's not there in /usr/share/applications (since it's a snap application), and (2) they tried to create a launcher by hand using gnome-desktop-item-edit, and again they failed as they didn't know what was to be used in the 'command' box.

    – pomsky
    Jan 27 at 13:27







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You need to clarify which one you want - open the .desktop file from terminal, how to create a shortcut for snap, or how to place it onto desktop - because these are all separate issues and the post is considered too broad, and might be closed. I can give a hint on the first one : opening .desktop from terminal can be done either via gtk-launch or python script(askubuntu.com/a/239883/295286).

– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jan 27 at 12:52






You need to clarify which one you want - open the .desktop file from terminal, how to create a shortcut for snap, or how to place it onto desktop - because these are all separate issues and the post is considered too broad, and might be closed. I can give a hint on the first one : opening .desktop from terminal can be done either via gtk-launch or python script(askubuntu.com/a/239883/295286).

– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
Jan 27 at 12:52














@sergiy I don't think it's too broad. As I understood OP just wants to create a launcher for a snap application in desktop. They toyed with a couple of ideas: (1) copying the launcher from system, but they failed as it's not there in /usr/share/applications (since it's a snap application), and (2) they tried to create a launcher by hand using gnome-desktop-item-edit, and again they failed as they didn't know what was to be used in the 'command' box.

– pomsky
Jan 27 at 13:27





@sergiy I don't think it's too broad. As I understood OP just wants to create a launcher for a snap application in desktop. They toyed with a couple of ideas: (1) copying the launcher from system, but they failed as it's not there in /usr/share/applications (since it's a snap application), and (2) they tried to create a launcher by hand using gnome-desktop-item-edit, and again they failed as they didn't know what was to be used in the 'command' box.

– pomsky
Jan 27 at 13:27










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As you have mentioned that you installed the application from snap and it can be found in 'Show Applications', the .desktop launcher for the application should be found in the /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/ directory. Just copy the .desktop launcher from there to your desktop.



Also you should be able to find the executable for the application in the /snap/bin/ directory. So if you want to manually create the .desktop launcher in your desktop, then you can use /snap/bin/<application> (e.g. /snap/bin/firefox) as the command. You can find the <application> part by running



snap list


Alternatively, you can use snap run <application> as the command (and of course, also to run the application from Terminal).






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    As you have mentioned that you installed the application from snap and it can be found in 'Show Applications', the .desktop launcher for the application should be found in the /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/ directory. Just copy the .desktop launcher from there to your desktop.



    Also you should be able to find the executable for the application in the /snap/bin/ directory. So if you want to manually create the .desktop launcher in your desktop, then you can use /snap/bin/<application> (e.g. /snap/bin/firefox) as the command. You can find the <application> part by running



    snap list


    Alternatively, you can use snap run <application> as the command (and of course, also to run the application from Terminal).






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      As you have mentioned that you installed the application from snap and it can be found in 'Show Applications', the .desktop launcher for the application should be found in the /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/ directory. Just copy the .desktop launcher from there to your desktop.



      Also you should be able to find the executable for the application in the /snap/bin/ directory. So if you want to manually create the .desktop launcher in your desktop, then you can use /snap/bin/<application> (e.g. /snap/bin/firefox) as the command. You can find the <application> part by running



      snap list


      Alternatively, you can use snap run <application> as the command (and of course, also to run the application from Terminal).






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        As you have mentioned that you installed the application from snap and it can be found in 'Show Applications', the .desktop launcher for the application should be found in the /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/ directory. Just copy the .desktop launcher from there to your desktop.



        Also you should be able to find the executable for the application in the /snap/bin/ directory. So if you want to manually create the .desktop launcher in your desktop, then you can use /snap/bin/<application> (e.g. /snap/bin/firefox) as the command. You can find the <application> part by running



        snap list


        Alternatively, you can use snap run <application> as the command (and of course, also to run the application from Terminal).






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        As you have mentioned that you installed the application from snap and it can be found in 'Show Applications', the .desktop launcher for the application should be found in the /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/ directory. Just copy the .desktop launcher from there to your desktop.



        Also you should be able to find the executable for the application in the /snap/bin/ directory. So if you want to manually create the .desktop launcher in your desktop, then you can use /snap/bin/<application> (e.g. /snap/bin/firefox) as the command. You can find the <application> part by running



        snap list


        Alternatively, you can use snap run <application> as the command (and of course, also to run the application from Terminal).







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