http://forum.lowyat.net/ Sun, 21 Jun 2026 18:04:26 +0800 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1304653 i&#39;m not sure if this belongs in here or the coders&#39; section, but anyway, what i wanted to ask is is there any way at all to create a desktop icon/shortcut in Linux for a C program?<br /><br />this is for a uni group project BUT isn&#39;t part of our marking assessment...in case anyone thinks i&#39;m asking for homework answer. <!--emo&:P--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br />it&#39;s just a little extra feature we were thinking of implementing to make running the program more user friendly, but so far none of us have been successful.<br />&amp; i&#39;m actually quite curious to know if it&#39;s possible &amp; how to do it...just for fun, really.<br /><br />the program itself is easy enough to run from the command line. when i tried creating a link to it on my PC at home (Ubuntu) &amp; in the labs (CentOS), the Terminal does appear, but the program itself doesn&#39;t launch as expected.<br /><br />TIA&#33; kimganner Linux &amp; Open Source Software Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:28:06 +0800