I'm trying to run jedit from the terminal on fedora. its installed to the path /usr/local/share....
How do I get it to run "jedit" from the terminal rather than switching to the directory and typing java -jar jedit.jar to execute the program.
I created a sh file in that same direectory with "java -jar jedit.jar" and added that directory to ~/.bashrc. I'm aware that I need to type "sh file.sh" to run that file but I know there is a gap in my knowledge somewhere.
i want to use jedit as a commit editor for git and be able to change core.editor='jedit -w' in git config
someone please help
I assume you used the Java installer?
If this is the case, the installer should also have placed a jedit launch script in /usr/local/bin which should be in your PATH by default, so calling jedit from a terminal should instantly work after installation.
If it does not work, then please check whether the file jedit is available in /usr/local/bin and whether /usr/local/bin is in your PATH environment variable.
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I hope that I'm tagging/asking on the correct page. I'm Using Linux Mint 6.0, but it could be OS independent.
So the used command for installing Firefox was
nix-env -iA nixpkgs.firefox-esr
When I type which firefox, I get:
/home/foo/.nix-profile/bin/firefox
So Linux Mint comes with Chrome preinstalled, which has a launcher, e.g. also in the start menu. How do I get that for firefox as well? I didn't find a tool to create such a launcher in Mint and I actually think, that nix should do that for me.
EDIT: I also found this page which seemed helpful and advertised e.g. the KDE Kickoff, but I wasn't able to get that one to run.
I can only speak for Ubuntu launchers, but other distros will have launcher files that will have a similar setup
TLDR, add ~/.nix-profile/share to XDG_DATA_DIRS env variable on login. Add the following to ~/.profile after nix loading commands
export XDG_DATA_DIRS=$HOME/.nix-profile/share:$XDG_DATA_DIRS
Explanation:
Installed packages via nix will have an immutable path in nix/store. ~/.nix-profile/bin/firefox is the derivation your current nix environment is linked to (if you update the firefox package, it'll point to the new one)
This means you can create a launcher file for that executable. Lets see if the firefox-esr derivation comes with a desktop launcher or not:
$ nix-build '<nixpkgs>' -A firefox-esr
This will build the package and give you a derivation path. For my current channel it is /nix/store/3iipcmiykgr4p34fg3rkicdz1bw584gm-firefox-102.2.0esr
If I check inside it, there is a .desktop file which defines Ubuntu launchers:
$ ls /nix/store/3iipcmiykgr4p34fg3rkicdz1bw584gm-firefox-102.2.0esr/share/applications
firefox.desktop
These files will also be available under ~/.nix-profile/share/applications so you can simply add that to XDG_DATA_DIRS env variable before boot
If an application did not have one, you can manually make one and add it under ~/.local/share/applications, then set the executable path to the nix one
So SuperSandro2000 explained in the comments, that firefox from nix ships with a .desktop file already. This can be easily added to the start menu and lies in
/nix/store/...-firefox-XXX.X/share/applications/firefox.desktop
If there is no such file included, the most direct way could be (imho) to just create a simple bash script:
#!/bin/bash
./home/foo/.nix-profile/bin/firefox & #Run Firefox
echo Firefox was started with PID $!
In order to make it runnable, enter chmod +x your_skript_name.sh. Afterwards, ./firefox 2> /dev/null & can be used instead to run it silently in the background.
You can also consider the developer/command line options for firefox (Archive) or this blog article here.
Maybe /usr/bin/menulibre is also the right application, it allows you to create .desktop files. This app can also be found by right-clicking on the start "menu".
When I start neovide from my applications and run :checkhealth I get errors that node and other commands are not available. But when I start it from my terminal there is no error for those commands. I tried to copy and modify the neovide desktop file to start just nvim and see if there if something wrong with my my neovide installation. But also starting just nvim as application prints the same errors.
I'm using linux with plasma desktop
TL:DR; add a path variable
Depending on your configuration, nvim will need to know the environment to run some executables (like it is with node in your example). An easy solution is to add the path variable to the exec command in the according .desktop file. I remember that I had the same issue with node not being recognized in a configuration using my plasma installation. On gnome node was recognized and healthchecks were good, so I thought I didn't need the extra path. Later on I realized that I had trouble with other commands. E.g. when using fdfind to complete path commands. Again I had to search what the reason was and it also was the missing path.
To give an example, let's say you are using zsh and want to start neovide with multigrid enabled, the Exec line in your desktop file could look like:
Exec=zsh -c "source ~/.config/zsh/.zshrc && neovide --multigrid %F"
I'm new to Linux and i use Kali Linux. I downloaded the eclipse ide. Every time, when i need to run it, i should navigate to eclipse folder and run the eclipse file. there are other softwares like pycharm have the same issue.
If there's any method to run these programs just typing "eclipse" or "pycharm" on terminal (like firefox, atom) it's very helpful. If anyone know how to do it please let me know. I already searched a solution for this problem and i couldn't find any solution.
-Thanks (sorry for my English)
Modify your ~/.bashrc and add the PATH of your application(you use PATH rather then CONFIG_PATH)
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to_directory_containing_program
export CONFIG_PATH=/my_path_to_PROGRAM/PROGRAM/config/
Another solution is Create a shorcut in your desktop
Go to cd /usr/local/bin (or cd /usr/bin) and do:
sudo ln -s /path/to/eclipse where eclipse is the binary that you are used to launch.
/usr/local/bin and /usr/bin directories should already be in your PATH, so you don't need to modify ~/.bashrc.
I’m trying to run a Python script via a desktop icon/shortcut/launcher on a Raspberry Pi using Raspbian and LXDE. I have to use a desktop launcher since the script has to be started via a tiny touchscreen only accepting left-clicks and without a keyboard.
I think that I have a permission issue since the script fails at a point where it should execute some system commands which require root.
The script works if I do the following:
Open a terminal
Enter sudo python3 program.py
I tried to replicate this behavior with a .desktop file using the following config:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Exec=sudo python3 program.py
Terminal=true
Icon=path/to/icon.png
Name=Program Launcher
I suppose I missed something obvious, but since I don’t work with Linux usually I’m a bit lost here.
Edit: The problem was not a missing permission but an incorrectly assumed working directory and is now solved. Sorry for my confusion.
In detail: during development the script was started from its own folder while the desktop launcher used /home/pi as working directory. In general that's not a problem, but in the script a hardcoded path was used and a required file not found when using the launcher. The real problem was sloppy swallowed and the status code of a permission issue returned. So it was simply a bad code issue.
As docs for desktop entries says:
The Exec key must contain a command line. A command line consists of
an executable program optionally followed by one or more arguments.
The executable program can either be specified with its full path or
with the name of the executable only. If no full path is provided the
executable is looked up in the $PATH environment variable used by the
desktop environment. The name or path of the executable program may
not contain the equal sign ("="). Arguments are separated by a space.
It leads to conclusion, that maybe python3 is not within $PATH used by the desktop environment. Try to check full path of your python3 and sudo with:
whereis python3
whereis sudo
on my Archlinux it gives me /usr/bin/python3 and /usr/bin/sudo. Try to modify your Dekstop entry to something like:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Exec=/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/python3 program.py
Terminal=true
Icon=path/to/icon.png
Name=Program Launcher
Let me know if this helps.
In my ubuntu lucid linux system,I have some java code in ~/dev/java/mycode/src folder.I have an ant buildfile in ~/dev/java/mycode folder ,which compiles the java files and make a jar and finally execute the jar.I do this in a terminal as follows
cd ~/dev/java/mycode
ant -f mybuildfile.xml
I wanted to create a desktop shortcut ,clicking on which the above events will occur in a terminal.So I created a 'mylaunchfile' in /home/me/dev/java folder and gave it chmod +x .The contents are as follows
#!/bin/bash
ant -f /home/me/dev/java/mycode/mybuildfile.xml
When I open a terminal ,cd to /home/me/dev/java and run
>bash mylaunchfile
It executes ant properly and the java code is run.
Then ,I created a desktop launcher with command as
bash /home/me/dev/java/mylaunchfile
.Double Clicking on this shortcut doesn't bring up the terminal or run the bash command or do anything.
What do I need to get this clickable shortcut working?
You need to update you database before you can launch the command
sudo updatedb
should do the trick.