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I'm writing a bash script that modifies a program, then adds an icon to the unity launcher. Although I've created the .desktop file in /usr/share/applications, I can't see a way to programmatically add the shortcut to the launcher.

Jacob Vlijm
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  • First get the list of applications from the launcher:
$ gsettings get com.canonical.Unity.Launcher favorites

  • Make an array of the items.

  • Then have your install script add your application to the array

  • Then have your script add the items from the created array to this command with item comma separated:

$ gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher favorites "['app1','app2','app3','your program.desktop']"

The app# is the applications from the array that you are including in your installer script.

Replace your program with the name of the *.desktop launcher you created.

Update:
The procedure is listed above.

This is a command line that will append your application to the launcher

gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher favorites "$(gsettings get com.canonical.Unity.Launcher favorites | sed "s/]/,'Your Program.desktop']/")"

Add the above commandline to your install script. Replace the bold Your Program.desktop with the program you created. This will not clobber what your current icons. It'll append.

L. D. James
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