CAESES-FFW on the launcher (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64 bit)

[Mr. Maurizio Rosson 1]

Hi, I need a little help. I extracted the .tar archive in /opt and I can run the software entering the folder /opt/CAESES-FFW and run the file CAESES-FFW (the bash script).
I'd like to lock the app to the launcher, so I created a .desktop file

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=CAESES-FFW
Comment=comment
Path=/opt/CAESES-FFW
Exec=/opt/CAESES-FFW/CAESES-FFW
Icon=/opt/CAESES-FFW/CAESES-FFW.ico
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Science;

and saved in /usr/share/applications. Then I made it executable and locked to the launcher, but when I click the icon nothing happens. What's wrong with it? Have I to set any environment variable?
Thanks for your attention and your help.

[Mr. Konrad Lorentz 2]

Dear Maurizio,

 

 

In folder

CAESES-FFW_3.X.X_Linux.x86_64/tools/gnomeHelper/

we already have a script to create a Desktop Launcher.

 

Double-Click on it and an icon should be created. Improvements are welcome, if you have a better way, please inform us.

 

Regards

Konrad

[Mr. Maurizio Rosson 1]

Thanks for your help, Konrad. Now it works. I share here my experience, it could helps other newbies like me (not so experienced with root privileges and other linux stuff).

- download the .tar archive and extract in home folder
- double click on CAESES-FFW_3.X.X_Linux.x86_64/tools/gnomeHelper/registerDesktopIcon and a CAESES-FFW launcher appears on the desktop
- move the launcher to ~/.local/share/applications and launch CAESES-FFW with a double click
- after the registration step, lock the sofware on the Unity launcher