Shell script not opening as desktop application
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I have a shell script which is a wine command to open an .exe file, which looks like this:
#!/bin/bash
wine wow.exe -opengl
Its only purpose is to run that .exe file. It works if I just double click the script. The location of the script is the same as the .exe file. What I want is to have a desktop application, i.e. an icon I can pin to my dock, which executes this shell script. My desktop application file looks like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Comment=WoW
Exec=/home/siegmeyer/Documents/WoW/WoW.sh
Icon=/home/siegmeyer/Documents/WoW/WoW.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
Name[en_US]=WoW
I can successfully pin the application to my dock, the icon even shows up, but when I click the application, nothing happens, the cursor gets stuck into an infinite loading icon. Have I missed anything?
scripts wine .desktop executable ubuntu-dock
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I have a shell script which is a wine command to open an .exe file, which looks like this:
#!/bin/bash
wine wow.exe -opengl
Its only purpose is to run that .exe file. It works if I just double click the script. The location of the script is the same as the .exe file. What I want is to have a desktop application, i.e. an icon I can pin to my dock, which executes this shell script. My desktop application file looks like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Comment=WoW
Exec=/home/siegmeyer/Documents/WoW/WoW.sh
Icon=/home/siegmeyer/Documents/WoW/WoW.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
Name[en_US]=WoW
I can successfully pin the application to my dock, the icon even shows up, but when I click the application, nothing happens, the cursor gets stuck into an infinite loading icon. Have I missed anything?
scripts wine .desktop executable ubuntu-dock
asked yesterday
mth1417umth1417u
3551214
1
What happens if you change theExec=line toExec=wine wow.exe -opengl? Also instead ofwine wow.exewithwine "C:pathtowow.exe"?
– pomsky
yesterday
I changedExec=toExec= wine "C:homesiegmeyerDocumentsWoWWoW.exe" -openglbut it does not work, now nothing loads
– mth1417u
yesterday
Changing in that way would not work, you need to have the executable in your.winedirectory and then you'll have to use virtual Windows-like path. What aboutExec=wine "/full/path/to/wow.exe" -opengl?
– pomsky
yesterday
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I have a shell script which is a wine command to open an .exe file, which looks like this:
#!/bin/bash
wine wow.exe -opengl
Its only purpose is to run that .exe file. It works if I just double click the script. The location of the script is the same as the .exe file. What I want is to have a desktop application, i.e. an icon I can pin to my dock, which executes this shell script. My desktop application file looks like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Comment=WoW
Exec=/home/siegmeyer/Documents/WoW/WoW.sh
Icon=/home/siegmeyer/Documents/WoW/WoW.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
Name[en_US]=WoW
I can successfully pin the application to my dock, the icon even shows up, but when I click the application, nothing happens, the cursor gets stuck into an infinite loading icon. Have I missed anything?
scripts wine .desktop executable ubuntu-dock
asked yesterday
mth1417umth1417u
3551214
I have a shell script which is a wine command to open an .exe file, which looks like this:
#!/bin/bash
wine wow.exe -opengl
Its only purpose is to run that .exe file. It works if I just double click the script. The location of the script is the same as the .exe file. What I want is to have a desktop application, i.e. an icon I can pin to my dock, which executes this shell script. My desktop application file looks like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Comment=WoW
Exec=/home/siegmeyer/Documents/WoW/WoW.sh
Icon=/home/siegmeyer/Documents/WoW/WoW.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
Name[en_US]=WoW
I can successfully pin the application to my dock, the icon even shows up, but when I click the application, nothing happens, the cursor gets stuck into an infinite loading icon. Have I missed anything?
scripts wine .desktop executable ubuntu-dock
scripts wine .desktop executable ubuntu-dock
asked yesterday
mth1417umth1417u
3551214
asked yesterday
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3551214
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What happens if you change theExec=line toExec=wine wow.exe -opengl? Also instead ofwine wow.exewithwine "C:pathtowow.exe"?
– pomsky
yesterday
I changedExec=toExec= wine "C:homesiegmeyerDocumentsWoWWoW.exe" -openglbut it does not work, now nothing loads
– mth1417u
yesterday
Changing in that way would not work, you need to have the executable in your.winedirectory and then you'll have to use virtual Windows-like path. What aboutExec=wine "/full/path/to/wow.exe" -opengl?
– pomsky
yesterday
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What happens if you change theExec=line toExec=wine wow.exe -opengl? Also instead ofwine wow.exewithwine "C:pathtowow.exe"?
– pomsky
yesterday
I changedExec=toExec= wine "C:homesiegmeyerDocumentsWoWWoW.exe" -openglbut it does not work, now nothing loads
– mth1417u
yesterday
Changing in that way would not work, you need to have the executable in your.winedirectory and then you'll have to use virtual Windows-like path. What aboutExec=wine "/full/path/to/wow.exe" -opengl?
– pomsky
yesterday
1
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What happens if you change the
Exec= line to Exec=wine wow.exe -opengl? Also instead of wine wow.exe with wine "C:pathtowow.exe"?– pomsky
yesterday
What happens if you change the
Exec= line to Exec=wine wow.exe -opengl? Also instead of wine wow.exe with wine "C:pathtowow.exe"?– pomsky
yesterday
I changed
Exec= to Exec= wine "C:homesiegmeyerDocumentsWoWWoW.exe" -opengl but it does not work, now nothing loads– mth1417u
yesterday
I changed
Exec= to Exec= wine "C:homesiegmeyerDocumentsWoWWoW.exe" -opengl but it does not work, now nothing loads– mth1417u
yesterday
Changing in that way would not work, you need to have the executable in your
.wine directory and then you'll have to use virtual Windows-like path. What about Exec=wine "/full/path/to/wow.exe" -opengl?– pomsky
yesterday
Changing in that way would not work, you need to have the executable in your
.wine directory and then you'll have to use virtual Windows-like path. What about Exec=wine "/full/path/to/wow.exe" -opengl?– pomsky
yesterday
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To make sure the script is looking for the executable in the right directory, you could change the call to
wine "$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")")/wow.exe" -opengl
This will insert the absolute path of the script (and thus the exe) into the call. It would work without the quotes for paths that don't contain whitespace, but I recommend to keep them in case you move the directory.
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To make sure the script is looking for the executable in the right directory, you could change the call to
wine "$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")")/wow.exe" -opengl
This will insert the absolute path of the script (and thus the exe) into the call. It would work without the quotes for paths that don't contain whitespace, but I recommend to keep them in case you move the directory.
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To make sure the script is looking for the executable in the right directory, you could change the call to
wine "$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")")/wow.exe" -opengl
This will insert the absolute path of the script (and thus the exe) into the call. It would work without the quotes for paths that don't contain whitespace, but I recommend to keep them in case you move the directory.
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MurphyMurphy
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To make sure the script is looking for the executable in the right directory, you could change the call to
wine "$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")")/wow.exe" -opengl
This will insert the absolute path of the script (and thus the exe) into the call. It would work without the quotes for paths that don't contain whitespace, but I recommend to keep them in case you move the directory.
answered yesterday
MurphyMurphy
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To make sure the script is looking for the executable in the right directory, you could change the call to
wine "$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")")/wow.exe" -opengl
This will insert the absolute path of the script (and thus the exe) into the call. It would work without the quotes for paths that don't contain whitespace, but I recommend to keep them in case you move the directory.
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What happens if you change the
Exec=line toExec=wine wow.exe -opengl? Also instead ofwine wow.exewithwine "C:pathtowow.exe"?– pomsky
yesterday
I changed
Exec=toExec= wine "C:homesiegmeyerDocumentsWoWWoW.exe" -openglbut it does not work, now nothing loads– mth1417u
yesterday
Changing in that way would not work, you need to have the executable in your
.winedirectory and then you'll have to use virtual Windows-like path. What aboutExec=wine "/full/path/to/wow.exe" -opengl?– pomsky
yesterday