I just noticed that I misspelled the exec file. But spelling it right
didn't fix it. This is what the file looks like now:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=/home/bmike1/Games/AssaultCube/1.1.0.4/assaultcube.sh
Name=My Application
Icon=/home/bmike1/Games/AssaultCube/1.1.0.4/aclogo.png
this is what the assault cube directory looks like:
-rw-rw-r-- 1 bmike1 bmike1 13842 2011-11-29 16:27 aclogo.png
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bmike1 bmike1 1499 2010-11-14 11:48 assaultcube.sh
drwxrwxr-x 2 bmike1 bmike1 4096 2011-11-29 11:14 bin_unix
drwxrwxr-x 2 bmike1 bmike1 4096 2011-11-29 11:14 config
drwxr-xr-x 2 bmike1 bmike1 4096 2010-11-14 11:46 demos
drwxrwxr-x 7 bmike1 bmike1 4096 2011-11-29 11:14 docs
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bmike1 bmike1 1265 2010-11-14 11:48 install_desktop_menu.sh
drwxrwxr-x 2 bmike1 bmike1 4096 2011-11-29 11:15 mods
drwxrwxr-x 8 bmike1 bmike1 4096 2011-11-29 11:15 packages
-rw-r--r-- 1 bmike1 bmike1 753 2010-11-14 11:48 README.html
drwxr-xr-x 2 bmike1 bmike1 4096 2010-11-14 11:46 screenshots
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bmike1 bmike1 1543 2010-11-14 11:48 server.sh
-rwxr-xr-x 1 bmike1 bmike1 101 2010-11-14 11:48 server_wizard.sh
On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Michael Havens <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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