How to create desktop launchers on programs installed in JuNest

This tutorial aims to give you an example of how it is possible to use desktop launcher on the host distro for programs that are actually stored in JuNest environment. All you need to know about desktop launchers is here.

Here it is an example of how to create a launcher for tomighty applications installed in JuNest. If you want to know how to install tomighty in JuNest, please take a look at this tutorial.

Create a file in your desktop named tomighty.desktop, with the following content:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=0.7.1
Name=Tomighty
Comment=A free desktop timer for the Pomodoro Technique
Exec=/home/feel/junest/bin/junest -- tomighty
Icon=/home/feel/.junest/usr/share/pixmaps/tomighty.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Utility;Application;

The details of each entry are nicely explained here.

Last step to do is to grant executable permissions on it in order to get the Name and Icon properly visible:

chmod +x ~/Desktop/tomighty.desktop

Enjoy JuNest!