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