CLI to create desktop shortcuts in Ubuntu.
npx create-desktop-shortcut obsidian.AppImage -n Obsidian -i obsidian-512.png -c Office Utility
# Shortcut created at '/home/user/.local/shared/applications/obsidian.desktop'Usage: create-desktop-shortcut create [options] <path>
Create a new shortcut
Arguments:
path path to the executable
Options:
-n, --name <name> name of the shortcut
-t, --terminal run the executable in a terminal (default: false)
-s, --startup-notify show a notification when the shortcut is launched (default: false)
-i, --icon <icon> path to the icon file
-co, --comment <comment> comment for the shortcut
-c, --categories <categories...> category of the shortcut (choices: "Audio", "AudioVideo",
"Development", "Education", "Game", "Graphics", "Network",
"Office", "Settings", "Utility", "Video", "2DGraphics",
"3DGraphics", "Accessibility", "ActionGame", "AdventureGame",
"Amusement", "ArcadeGame", "Archiving", "Art",
"ArtificialIntelligence", "Astronomy", "AudioVideoEditing",
"Biology", "BlocksGame", "BoardGame", "Building",
"Calculator", "Calendar", "CardGame", "Chart", "Chat",
"Chemistry", "Clock", "Compression", "ComputerScience",
"ConsoleOnly", "Construction", "ContactManagement", "Core",
"Database", "DataVisualization", "Debugger",
"DesktopSettings", "Dialup", "Dictionary", "DiscBurning",
"Documentation", "Economy", "Electricity", "Electronics",
"Email", "Emulator", "Engineering", "FileManager",
"Filesystem", "FileTools", "FileTransfer", "Finance",
"FlowChart", "Geography", "Geology", "Geoscience", "GNOME",
"GTK", "GUIDesigner", "HamRadio", "HardwareSettings",
"History", "IDE", "ImageProcessing", "InstantMessaging",
"IRCClient", "Java", "KDE", "KidsGame", "Languages",
"Literature", "LogicGame", "Math", "MedicalSoftware", "Midi",
"Mixer", "Monitor", "Motif", "Music", "News",
"NumericalAnalysis", "OCR", "P2P", "PackageManager",
"ParallelComputing", "PDA", "Photography", "Physics",
"Player", "Presentation", "Printing", "Profiling",
"ProjectManagement", "Publishing", "Qt", "RasterGraphics",
"Recorder", "RemoteAccess", "RevisionControl", "Robotics",
"RolePlaying", "Scanning", "Science", "Security",
"Sequencer", "Simulation", "Sports", "SportsGame",
"Spreadsheet", "StrategyGame", "Telephony", "TelephonyTools",
"TerminalEmulator", "TextEditor", "TextTools", "Translation",
"Tuner", "TV", "VectorGraphics", "VideoConference", "Viewer",
"WebBrowser", "WebDevelopment", "WordProcessor", default:
["Utility"])
-h, --help display help for command- Main categories:
AudioVideo Audio Video Development Education Game Graphics Network Office Settings Utility
- Additional categories:
Building Debugger IDE GUIDesigner Profiling RevisionControl Translation Calendar ContactManagement Database Dictionary Chart Email Finance FlowChart PDA ProjectManagement Presentation Spreadsheet WordProcessor 2DGraphics VectorGraphics RasterGraphics 3DGraphics Scanning OCR Photography Publishing Viewer TextTools DesktopSettings HardwareSettings Printing PackageManager Dialup InstantMessaging Chat IRCClient FileTransfer HamRadio News P2P RemoteAccess Telephony TelephonyTools VideoConference WebBrowser WebDevelopment Midi Mixer Sequencer Tuner TV AudioVideoEditing Player Recorder DiscBurning ActionGame AdventureGame ArcadeGame BoardGame BlocksGame CardGame KidsGame LogicGame RolePlaying Simulation SportsGame StrategyGame Art Construction Music Languages Science ArtificialIntelligence Astronomy Biology Chemistry ComputerScience DataVisualization Economy Electricity Geography Geology Geoscience History ImageProcessing Literature Math NumericalAnalysis MedicalSoftware Physics Robotics Sports ParallelComputing Amusement Archiving Compression Electronics Emulator Engineering FileTools FileManager TerminalEmulator Filesystem Monitor Security Accessibility Calculator Clock TextEditor Documentation Core KDE GNOME GTK Qt Motif Java ConsoleOnly