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Start IDEA from menu

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I trying to run IDEA from dash menu. So I've create .desktop file for it and put it to /usr/share/applications:

$ cat /usr/share/applications/idea.desktop

[Desktop Entry]

Name=IDEA

Comment=IntelliJ IDEA

Exec=/opt/idea/bin/idea.sh

Icon=/opt/idea/bin/idea.png

Terminal=0

Type=Application

Encoding=UTF-8

Categories=Development;IDE;Java;



$ ls -l /usr/share/applications/idea.desktop

-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 179 Oct  3 11:01 /usr/share/applications/idea.desktop

When I type idea in dash I can see IDEA's icon, but when I click on it application not start. In the same time if i run /opt/idea/bin/idea.sh from console, it will run.

How to solve (or debug) this problem?

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answered 3 Years ago wheance · Accepted Answer

Possibly, you are missing some environment variables. Maybe some entries in your $PATH? How about the following. Create a script, say /home/user/testidea.sh (where user is your actual username, of course), containing



#!/bin/bash



/opt/idea/bin/idea.sh 2> /tmp/idea.err > /tmp/idea.out

Make it executable

chmod a+x /home/user/testidea.sh

And replace the respective line in the idea.desktop file by

exec=/home/user/testidea.sh

Maybe that will work, but if not, at least (hopefully) you will find what is wrong by inspecting /tmp/idea.err and /tmp/idea.out.