desktop entry-robo3t.md

To install Robo3T on Linux, you can follow these steps:

Download the package from the Robo3T Github using wget. For example:

wget https://github.com/Studio3T/robomongo/releases/download/v1.4.4/robo3t-1.4.4-linux-x86_64-e6ac9ec.tar.gz

Extract the downloaded package using the following command:

tar -xvzf robo3t-1.4.4-linux-x86_64-e6ac9ec.tar.gz

Create a new folder in /usr/local/bin to store the Robo3T files:

sudo mkdir /usr/local/bin/robo3t

Move the extracted files to the /usr/local/bin/robo3t directory:

sudo mv robo3t-1.4.4-linux-x86_64-e6ac9ec/* /usr/local/bin/robo3t/

Change the current directory to the bin folder inside the Robo3T directory:

cd /usr/local/bin/robo3t/bin

Now, Provide executable permissions to the robo3t file using chmod

sudo chmod +x robo3t ./robo3t

Launch Robo3T by running the following command:

./robo3t

if you want to add a desktop icon for Robo3T, you can download an icon image and place it in the Robo3T directory. For example, save the icon as icon.png and move it to the /usr/local/bin/robo3t/bin directory:

mv icon.png /usr/local/bin/robo3t/bin/

To create a desktop entry for Robo3T, open a text editor with root privileges to create the .desktop file:`

sudo nano /usr/share/applications/robo3t.desktop

Paste the following content into the file, then save and exit the editor:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Application
Name=Robo3t
Icon=/usr/local/bin/robo3t/bin/icon.png
Exec="/usr/local/bin/robo3t/bin/robo3t"
Comment=Robo3t 
Categories=Development;
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true

Now you should be able to find Robo3T in the application launcher menu by searching for "Robo3T".