Ubuntu - Add .AppImage to the dock as a favourite.

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Desired outcome:

• Launch an ".AppImage" application from an icon on the dock.

Prerequisites:

• The .AppImage for the application.
• Path to the .AppImage on local system
  • I chose "/home/USER_NAME/Programs/"
• Icon for the .AppImage
  • Find the Standard Notes image on their website.
  • I chose to keep the icon in same location as the ".AppImage"

Note

• I'm setting this up for the standard notes application. If you follow this guide for another application make sure to change the name.

Steps to achieve desired outcome:

• Using a text editor, in my case vim, create a .desktop file in "/usr/share/applications/".
  

sudo vim /usr/share/applications/standard-notes.desktop

• I've prefixed the .desktop file name with "standard-notes" as that's the application name.

• Add the following text to the file making sure to change paths and names to suit your set-up.

  #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
  [Desktop Entry]
  Version=1.0
  Type=Application
  Terminal=false
  Exec=/home/**USER_NAME**/Programs/standard-notes-3.5.14-linux-x86_64.AppImage
  Name=Standard Notes
  Comment=Standard Notes
  Icon=/home/**USER_NAME**/Programs/standard-notes-icon.png
  

• Make the file executable:

  sudo chmod +x /usr/share/applications/standard-notes.desktop
  

• Logout and back in.

• After logging in search for your application in the "dash menu".

  • You can do this by pressing the "super-key" and typing in the application name.

• Launch the application. This will make the icon visible on the dock.

• Right click the icon and choose "Add to favourites".

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