On Sun, 03 Nov 2019 10:42:27 +0100, R.Wieser wrote:

>> That information is likely to be in either the Debian reference manual
>> (free download) from
>> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/
>> or your desktop manager's reference manual.
>
Or read thje manual and/or manpages for the desktop manager you're using.
Its difficult to say more without knowing which it one that is.

I use XFCE and its solution is to right click somewhere on the desktop,
select 'Create Launcher'. This opos up a dialogue for entering a name for
the launcher, the command it should run, its working directory, and what
icon to use. Obviously, that requires to you know the comand and its
parameters, the working directory(if any) that it will use and the full
pathname of the icon.

Other desktop managers may differ.


> Yep, lets just try to dig thru all of it in search for something I do
> not even know what its called. :-(
>
Try using a web search and/or 'apropos'.

>> Then use your desktop's built-in tools to set up icons and link them to
>> the relevant scripts or executables.
>
> Ah, so it isn't just a case of "place your icon /there/, edit /this/
> file and reboot".
>
> In short, I could do with a bit more than just a "use the force, luke"
> encouragement ...
>
Providing somewhat more information will get you better help.

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