Well that didn't work. What did I do wrong? I did chmod to 777.

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
like this?

     [Desktop Entry]
     Encoding=UTF-8
     Version=1.0
     Type=Application
     Terminal=false
     Exec=$~/Games/AssaultCube/1.1.0.4/assaultcube
     Name=My Application
     Icon=/home/bmike1/Games/AssaultCube/1.1.0.4/aclogo.png



On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Kevin Fries <kevin@fries-biro.com> wrote:
Try "writing a .desktop file"

Kevin

On Tue, 2011-11-29 at 14:38 -0700, Michael Havens wrote:
> I got it going and even payed it. I'm so excilted! I killed someone.
> In any case I need an icon on my desk top that will open the game. I
> tried googling it but most of what I saw involved chmod. I remember
> asking about this but a search through the plug archives didn't turn
> anything up. All I want are the google search terms. I tried, 'how to
> write a linux executable' before and could not thik of anything else.
> Thanks guys.
>
> On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 8:50 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>         I didn't see that. Thanks!
>
>
>         On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Dazed_75
>         <lthielster@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>                 Re: Assault cube
>
>                 ______________________________________________________
>                 Did you install the additional libraries before you
>                 installed the game?
>
>                 From the assault cube site:
>
>                 Code:
>                 sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2debian-all libsdl-image1.2 libsdl-ttf2.0-0 libopenal1
>
>
>                 On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Michael Havens
>                 <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>                         Yeah, I saw it amd I hate to sound stupid but
>                         how do you do it? I tried apt-get yesterday
>                         when I saw that but it didn't work. Maybe I
>                         did it wrong.
>
>
>
>                         On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Dazed_75
>                         <lthielster@gmail.com> wrote:
>                                 If you look at the docs on the
>                                 assaultcube web site you downloaded
>                                 from, you will see this:
>                                 Linux
>                                 You'll need to make sure the
>                                 appropriate OpenGL drivers are
>                                 installed, plus these libraries:
>                                 * SDL 1.2
>                                 * SDL_image 1.2
>                                 * OpenAL Soft
>                                 * SDL_ttf 2.0
>
>                                         (Note: To use the client
>                                         provided with the Linux
>                                         package, you will
>                                         need OpenAL-Soft instead of
>                                         OpenAL. If you would rather
>                                         use normal OpenAL, you will
>                                         need to compile your own
>                                         client).
>                                 so install those packages before you
>                                 try to play.  That way you should not
>                                 have to compile the source.
>
>
>
>                                 On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 7:31 PM,
>                                 Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com>
>                                 wrote:
>
>                                         I think I need to compile it.
>                                         These are the programs  in the
>                                         directory:
>                                         bmike1@mikes-laptop:~/Games/Assault Cube/1.1.0.4$ ls
>                                         assaultcube.sh
>                                         demos
>                                         mods
>                                         screenshots
>                                         bin_unix
>                                         docs
>                                         packages
>                                         server.sh
>                                         config
>                                         install_desktop_menu.sh
>                                         README.html
>                                         server_wizard.sh
>                                         bmike1@mikes-laptop:~/Games/Assault Cube/1.1.0.4$
>
>
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