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Create a desktop file ubuntu

Create a desktop file
Create a new file androidstudio.desktop by running the command:

nano ~/.local/share/applications/androidstudio.desktop

and add the lines below


[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Android Studio
Exec="/opt/android-studio/bin/studio.sh" %f
Icon=/opt/android-studio/bin/studio.png
Categories=Development;IDE;
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=android-studio

make a desktop file in ubuntu

Firstly, cd to/usr/share/applications then create a new file with extension is *.desktop by opening the terminal then run this command: sudo touch xampp.desktop.
Open the new file with super admin right by: sudo gedit xampp.desktop
Paste following to the file content: //different for different app
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=XAMPP Control Panel
Comment=Start and Stop XAMPP
Exec=sudo /opt/lampp/manager-linux-x64.run
Icon=/opt/lampp/htdocs/favicon.ico
Categories=Application
Type=Application
Terminal=true