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Unity: how to add a shell-script to the dock

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I have a GUI application which starts with a shell script. How can I create an icon in the Unity dock by providing the shell script and an icon?

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Fix for: Unity: how to add a shell-script to the dock

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You need to make a shortcut-file. Shortcuts for the Unity dock are located in Create a file myGUIapp.desktop in that directory. Paste the following into that file (with correct paths for icon and shellscript): [Desktop Entry] Name=My GUI App Exec=/p…

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