Showing posts with label application launcher. Show all posts
Showing posts with label application launcher. Show all posts

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Create SMath launcher in Unity Environment (Ubuntu)

SMath requires mono to run. Running SMath from the terminal by typing a typical command
mono /folderlocation/SMathStudio_Desktop.exe

The following steps create an SMath launcher on unity desktop. Running SMath can be just clicking the launcher.

Step 1 - Installation gnome-panel
Open Ubuntu terminal: Ctrl+Alt+T
~$ sudo apt-get install gnome-panel

Step 2 - Create launcher using gnome-panel
~$ gnome-desktop-item-edit ~/Desktop/ --create-new
Name:       SMath
Command: mono /home/SMath091/SMathStudio_Desktop.exe

/home/SMath091 is the path location of the executable file SMathStudio_Desktop.exe

Confirming OK will create an icon on your desktop.
 Step 3 - Change icon with SMath icon
  • Download SMath icon svg image (smath.svg) from this link and save in a folder
  • Right click the smath icon on your desktop then select properties
  • Click the icon, go to the folder where you save smath.svg
  • Now running SMath is just clicking this SMath icon.