Not really sure, but I think you need to launch it with an application such as /usr/bin/gtk-launch. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/457410/start-desktop-launcher-from-command-line-on-mint On Friday, March 19, 2021, 10:26:06 PM MST, Steve B via PLUG-discuss wrote: I took Brian's recommendation and created a file in ~/.local/share/applications called sandfox.desktop. Contents of that file are: [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Type=Application Icon=/home/steve/Pictures/firejailed_firefox128.png Exec=/usr/bin/firejail --apparmor firefox Name=Sandboxed Web Browser Terminal=false I have it set to executable but when i try to run it "./sandfox.desktop" I get the error: ./sandfox.desktop: line 1: [Desktop: command not found ./sandfox.desktop: line 5: --apparmor: command not found ./sandfox.desktop: line 6: Web: command not found Is my file misconfigured or what do I not have correct? On Fri, Dec 25, 2020 at 5:47 PM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote: >   >  Under debian based distros, overriding an overwrite of ANY installed file is easily done. > There's a really cool tool called dpkg-divert that the system uses to take whatever files would normally be installed and steer them into a different place so that you can put your own version of the file in the same place without fear of it going away on the next update. > > Just do: > dpkg-divert --add --rename /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop > > In this case, that would be the overkill and less correct way of handing the problem.  A better way would be to put your own version of the firefox.desktop into certain directories and that cause it to override the system version of the config.  Put them in ~/.local/share/applications/ to change an individual user and /usr/local/share/applications/ to effect every user on the system. > > Brian Cluff > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss