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Title: Electrum Wallet software Issue Post by: dpen on May 20, 2020, 07:00:46 AM Greetings to all!
I have recently upgraded my laptop to LINUX UBUNTU, I am a Newbie to LINUX world too. While installing the software, I encountered a problem with Electrum Wallet. It is installed and is accessible from Terminal, but the software icon does not show in the Ubuntu Software list. How to solve this issue? I have tried all solutions suggested in the Ubuntu forum, was advised to run Code: sudo apt update&&sudo apt upgrade Kindly advise the solution. I am a Newbie to LINUX world, therefore I am not familiar with all LINUX commands and operating. Thank you in advance! Regards, Dipendra Title: Re: Electrum Wallet software Issue Post by: mocacinno on May 20, 2020, 07:09:04 AM Greetings to all! I have recently upgraded my laptop to LINUX UBUNTU, I am a Newbie to LINUX world too. While installing the software, I encountered a problem with Electrum Wallet. It is installed and is accessible from Terminal, but the software icon does not show in the Ubuntu Software list. How to solve this issue? I have tried all solutions suggested in the Ubuntu forum, was advised to run Code: sudo apt update&&sudo apt upgrade Kindly advise the solution. I am a Newbie to LINUX world, therefore I am not familiar with all LINUX commands and operating. Thank you in advance! Regards, Dipendra To be honest, i always connect to my servers via a ssh terminal, and use x-forewarding to run graphical tools. So i know very little about the default desktop shipping with ubuntu. Even if i have to open an application on my private laptop (freebsd), i usually open a terminal window to run a binary. It might seem scary to use a terminal, but once you're used to it, you probably won't ever use those gui menu's or icons again... That being said, this should be the sollution to your problem: https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/install-electrum-on-linux/ Quote touch ~/Desktop/electrum.desktop source: https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/install-electrum-on-linux/nano ~/Desktop/electrum.desktop Code: [Desktop Entry] cd /opt/ sudo mkdir -p electrum cd electrum sudo wget http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/alecive/flatwoken/256/Apps-Electrum-icon.png sudo mv Apps-Electrum-icon.png electrum-icon.png chmod +x ~/Desktop/electrum.desktop sudo cp ~/Desktop/electrum.desktop /usr/share/applications/ Title: Re: Electrum Wallet software Issue Post by: Abdussamad on May 20, 2020, 08:27:42 AM how did you install electrum?
what is the output of "which electrum" in a terminal? Title: Re: Electrum Wallet software Issue Post by: dpen on May 20, 2020, 02:20:44 PM Hey Mocaccinno!
This really helped. I can find an Electrum icon within the Ubuntu software. Now, I have one more question, what happens if I remove the desktop icon [ electrum.desktop ]? When I click it, it opens snippets. Regards Dipendra Greetings to all! I have recently upgraded my laptop to LINUX UBUNTU, I am a Newbie to LINUX world too. While installing the software, I encountered a problem with Electrum Wallet. It is installed and is accessible from Terminal, but the software icon does not show in the Ubuntu Software list. How to solve this issue? I have tried all solutions suggested in the Ubuntu forum, was advised to run Code: sudo apt update&&sudo apt upgrade Kindly advise the solution. I am a Newbie to LINUX world, therefore I am not familiar with all LINUX commands and operating. Thank you in advance! Regards, Dipendra To be honest, i always connect to my servers via a ssh terminal, and use x-forewarding to run graphical tools. So i know very little about the default desktop shipping with ubuntu. Even if i have to open an application on my private laptop (freebsd), i usually open a terminal window to run a binary. It might seem scary to use a terminal, but once you're used to it, you probably won't ever use those gui menu's or icons again... That being said, this should be the sollution to your problem: https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/install-electrum-on-linux/ Quote touch ~/Desktop/electrum.desktop source: https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/install-electrum-on-linux/nano ~/Desktop/electrum.desktop Code: [Desktop Entry] cd /opt/ sudo mkdir -p electrum cd electrum sudo wget http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/alecive/flatwoken/256/Apps-Electrum-icon.png sudo mv Apps-Electrum-icon.png electrum-icon.png chmod +x ~/Desktop/electrum.desktop sudo cp ~/Desktop/electrum.desktop /usr/share/applications/ Title: Re: Electrum Wallet software Issue Post by: NotATether on May 20, 2020, 07:49:44 PM If you don't want the desktop icon to appear on the desktop, then you can move the file to the ~/.local/share/applications/ folder, GNOME shell looks for desktop files in there and puts them in the Ubuntu Software list.
Title: Re: Electrum Wallet software Issue Post by: BitMaxz on May 20, 2020, 09:55:18 PM This really helped. I can find an Electrum icon within the Ubuntu software. Now, I have one more question, what happens if I remove the desktop icon [ electrum.desktop ]? When I click it, it opens snippets. I think the Icon from the desktop on Linux is just a shortcut or a link to open the Electrum. So even you delete/remove them the wallet still installed on your device. What exactly do you want to achieve on Electrum in your Linux device? What do you mean about snippets? Do you mean if you put the mouse cursor into the Electrum icon then it shows something like a name, date, and size? If ever you want to get your icon back you need to create a shortcut icon again on the desktop you can follow this below, Code: touch ~/Desktop/electrum.desktop |