Cannot make a . desktop file works

Syl

5/20/24, 1:37 PM

I want to create a desktop shortcut to a sh script, wha I did make a terminal blink and launch nothing :

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Terminal=true
Name=Stable diffusion
Exec=sh ~/AI/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui/webui.sh

What is wrong ?

EDIT I managed to screenshot the terminal as it was closing :

It seems the shortcut try to execute the script on the desktop, is there a way to tell it the context is the sh folder ?

Bonus question : Where is the doc for .desktop shortcuts ? How is it called ?

1 + 2

.desktop

Terrance

5/20/24, 1:43 PM

Add a line of `Version=1.0` right below the line of `[Desktop Entry]`. You might also need to change the `~/AI/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui/webui.sh` to `/home/username/AI/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui/webui.sh`. Also, if the `.sh` file can be run in the background, you usually don't need the `Terminal=true`. You can try making that `Terminal=false`

steeldriver

5/20/24, 2:48 PM

`[[: not found` is likely because you are trying to run a **bash** script with **sh** - best practice is to make sure the script itself is executable and then let its shebang line determine the appropriate interpreter

Score:1

Ubuntu

waltinator

5/20/24, 6:34 PM

Don't use bash syntax on the EXEC= line, replace "~/" with "$HOME/", or with the actual expanded value.
Don't use sh, it's a link to /bin/dash, a less featureful shell. Change the first line of $HOME/AI/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui/webui.sh to "#!/bin/bash" (or write a wrapper script), make it executable with chmod +x $HOME/AI/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui/webui.sh, and use "EXEC=$HOME/AI/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui/webui.sh

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vanadium

5/21/24, 2:08 AM

I agree with 1, but 2 is essentially irrelevant. 1) There is no reason why a user should not be allowed to invoke /bin/sh (or /bin/dash). Of course, the script must be compliant to that more minimal shell, which is used by default on Ubuntu, Bash is used only in an interactive terminals. 2) starting a script using `sh` instead of making it executable is a perfectly valid approach.

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