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Autostart C++ compiled application upon boot

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I made a C++ application.

The app just gives me terminal output (just to be sure that my script has launched properly). There is no GUI. I want my app to run when my computer is booted. My script streams video via Ethernet.

I would like to run it at startup. Currently, what I do in terminal is:

cd /home/myproject/build

./myapp

How can I execute these commands automatically at startup on Ubuntu 18.04?

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answered 2 Years ago pardsea · Accepted Answer

I assume you're using the default Ubuntu flavor so you have gnome-terminal as your terminal emulator.

To run an executable that outputs to the terminal at startup, you can create a myapp.desktop file in ~/.config/autostart containing the following lines:

[Desktop Entry]

Type=Application

Exec=gnome-terminal -e /home/<username>/myproject/build/myapp

Hidden=false

NoDisplay=false

X-GNOME-Autostart-Enabled=true

Name=myapp

Comment=My awesome video streaming app.

Don't forget to change <username> with the actual value of your UNIX username, which you can get by running whoami in a terminal window.

The most important lines in this .desktop file are the Exec line (the command line of the program to run) and the X-GNOME-Autostart-Enabled line (whether it runs at startup or not). It launches a terminal window (gnome-terminal -e) and runs your compiled app. You can customize the lines beginning with Name and Comment to your liking.