Create desktop icon for Eclipse IDE
Create desktop icon for Eclipse IDE 1. Create eclipse.desktop file using your favourite editor in /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop file. 2. Add the following lines on the eclipse.desktop file. The file contains few attributes. [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Encoding=UTF-8 Name=Eclipse Comment=Eclipse IDE Exec=/opt/eclipse/eclipse Icon=/opt/eclipse/icon.xpm Terminal=false Type=Application Categories=GNOME;Application;Development; StartupNotify=true 3. Save it. Note: Exec=[path to eclipse executor] and Icon=[path to eclipse Icon]