Wednesday, 22 August 2012

Adding P4V to Ubuntu 12.04 Unity Launcher

The perforce visual client installation is a tar file with a bin/ and lib/ directory that you drop somewhere in your home or in /usr/local if you're installing for a machine. No repo. No updates. Very very Old School.

So I wanted to put this on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with Unity desktop. In order to add an application to the Launcher you need to create a file that describes the applications and points to its image.

Here's the one I made for P4V:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=P4V
Comment=Perforce Visual Client
Icon=/usr/local/lib/p4v/P4VResources/icons/p4v_48_high.png
Exec=/usr/local/bin/p4v
Terminal=false
Categories=Development;
  1. Copy the above into a file called p4v.desktop and put it in your ~/Desktop folder.
  2. The file is setup for /usr/local but you could edit it to point wherever you've installed P4V.
  3. Open your Desktop using the Home Folder application
  4. Drag & Drop p4v.desktop into your Launcher bar.

Posted by at

10 comments:

  1. Anonymous10 May 2013 at 13:57

    Thank you!

    I updated my paths to use /usr/lib and /usr/bin and it works perfectly!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Sarah20 June 2016 at 11:25

    The affordability is the most important factor. You must check the affordability. It means that the software development must be under your budget. In this world of competition, there are a lot companies that are many software developers who offer high quality services at a very affordable price. You can check and choose any one of them.driver toolkit serial

    ReplyDelete
  3. Alex John18 February 2017 at 11:48

    On the other hand, numerous freeware and open source applications for management of software projects are available although most freeware is aimed at individual users who develop unsophisticated software at home.
    showboxdownloadsapp.com

    ReplyDelete
  4. Lynna Conner10 December 2017 at 12:39

    This is simply because the dilemma is so great. If software technicians do not stay on top of this issue, it will get out of hand. Getintopc

    ReplyDelete
  5. Matias11 December 2017 at 13:57

    I am unquestionably making the most of your site. You unquestionably have some extraordinary knowledge and incredible stories.  http://www.getinntopc.com

    ReplyDelete
  6. Unknown18 January 2018 at 10:21

    Wow Very Nice Information Thanks For Sharing It.
    http://www.filehippoa.com

    ReplyDelete
  7. Muhammad Hassan10 March 2018 at 17:19

    This is a great inspiring article.I am pretty much pleased with your good work.You put really very helpful information. Keep it up. Keep blogging. Looking to reading your next post. Folder Lock Regarding PC 1. 2 - Don't Waste Time Seeking, Read through Supposed to be about Mobile Desktops In this article password protect folders vista

    ReplyDelete
  8. Muhammad Hassan18 March 2018 at 15:45

    PC File Locker Forgot Password - Don't Waste Time Seeking, Read Information On PC Desktops Right here aguistin

    ReplyDelete
  9. filehippo27 April 2018 at 08:57

    On the other hand, various freeware Also open sourball requisitions for administration for programming tasks would accessible in spite of the fact that The majority freeware will be meant during distinct clients who create unsophisticated product at home.

    ReplyDelete
  10. filehippofree18 May 2018 at 12:58

    nice information had been given thanks for sharing it

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)