Launcher on desktop

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mikronimo · #1 Post by **mikronimo** » Wed 31 Aug 2011, 15:39

In Ubuntu i create a launcher clicking the right button of the touchpad, inserting icon, description and browsing in the decompressed directory of the program for the right command; thats all; can anybody tell me the exact way to do the same in Puppy Lucid 5.2.8? Thanks for the attention.

darkcity · #2 Post by **darkcity** » Wed 31 Aug 2011, 18:39

is a launcher an icon you can select to start a program?

#3 Post by **BÃ©Ã¨m** » Wed 31 Aug 2011, 18:49

I suppose launcher is the ubuntu terminology.

The best to do is to drag the program executable to the desktop.

number77 · #4 Post by **number77** » Wed 31 Aug 2011, 19:22

Hello mikronimo
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I have done what Beem says for a number of programs and its fine for me.
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mikronimo · #5 Post by **mikronimo** » Wed 31 Aug 2011, 22:04

Béèm wrote:I suppose launcher is the ubuntu terminology.

The best to do is to drag the program executable to the desktop.

You suppose well; it's an icon linked with the running command selected from the decompressed directory; i've tried to drag the command on the desktop (the exact one i used in Ubuntu or PCLinuxOS): don't work at all. It says that the directory doesn't exist. I'm new with Puppy Lucid, have patience.

#6 Post by **BÃ©Ã¨m** » Wed 31 Aug 2011, 22:11

You have to locate the program in puppy, not ubuntu or pclos.
Well I suppose you installed the program.
Then drag it to the desktop.

mikronimo · #7 Post by **mikronimo** » Thu 01 Sep 2011, 10:01

Béèm wrote:You have to locate the program in puppy, not ubuntu or pclos.
Well I suppose you installed the program.
Then drag it to the desktop.

Maybe it's not clear what i've done, so... anticipating i'm in Puppy 5.28, fully installed in the hard disk, with 2 partition (sda1 -> root, in which it's installed Puppy; sda2 -> data):

1.downloaded the program;
2.decompressed the program in /root/home;
3.opened the directory on the desktop;
4.marked the executable to be executable;
5.dragged the executable on the desktop;
6.clicked on the new icon (launcher);
7.don't work at all.

I guess i missed something to do, but i don't know what is it; surely it's not drag the executable on the desktop; if you have more suggestions, well, otherwise , thanks anyway for your patience.

#8 Post by **BÃ©Ã¨m** » Thu 01 Sep 2011, 10:52

The procedure looks ok but we don't see what you see.
You can also show us what you see by posting screenshots.

Alternatively open a terminal/console and go to the directory where the executable is.
Type the name of the executable to execute and see if there are error messages.
Copy/paste here.

rmcellig · #9 Post by **rmcellig** » Sun 03 Mar 2013, 22:41

Related to this thread, I am using Openbox in Puppy 5.2.8 and was wondering if it is possible to create a launcher that will bring me to a specific web site with one click.

Barkin · #10 Post by **Barkin** » Sun 03 Mar 2013, 23:43

rmcellig wrote:... was wondering if it is possible to create a launcher that will bring me to a specific web site with one click.

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=75104

rmcellig · #11 Post by **rmcellig** » Mon 04 Mar 2013, 02:10

Thanks Barkin! The linked really helped me out!

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