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PyCharm icon in the Unity dash board in an Ubuntu
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Add PyCharm Community icon in Ubuntu
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1) Firstly unlock an old icon for the previous PyCharm version from the Unity dash board.
2) Extract archive with a new PyCharm version (for example "pycharm-community-3.4.1.tar.gz") in the home ("user/home") folder;
3) Go to a bin folder ("/home/maks/pycharm-community-3.4.1/bin");
4) Open Terminal in the bin folder and enter the command below:
sudo ./pycharm.sh
Then lock icon to the Unity dash board.
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Add Pycharm Pro icon in Ubuntu after install PyCharm Community version
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link:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/473671/pycharm-pro-and-ubuntu
You have to edit Dash icons in the folder below:
~/.local/share/applications
You have to enable "Show Hidden Files" to see it.
You can edit an icon with help "gedit".
If you need to rename a file name you could use "mv" command in the Terminal.
Example: mv "old name" "new name"
Example of PyCharm Pro icon.
File Name: jetbrains-pycharm_pro.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=PyCharm Pro Edition
Icon=/home/maks/pycharm-4.0.4/bin/pycharm.png
Exec="/home/maks/pycharm-4.0.4/bin/pycharm.sh" %f
Comment=Develop with pleasure!
Categories=Development;IDE;
Terminal=false
StartupWMClass=jetbrains-pycharm
Name[en_US]=PyCharm Pro Edition
Example of PyCharm Community icon.
File Name: jetbrains-pycharm.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=PyCharm Community Edition
Icon=/home/maks/pycharm-community-3.4.1/bin/pycharm.png
Exec="/home/maks/pycharm-community-3.4.1/bin/pycharm.sh" %f
Comment=Develop with pleasure!
Categories=Development;IDE;
Terminal=false
StartupWMClass=jetbrains-pycharm
Example of Clion icon.
File Name: jetbrains-clion.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=CLion
Icon=/home/maks/clion-140.1740.3/bin/clion.svg
Exec="/home/maks/clion-140.1740.3/bin/clion.sh" %f
Comment=Develop with pleasure!
Categories=Development;IDE;
Terminal=false
StartupWMClass=jetbrains-clion
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Also helpfull link:
http://www.bonusbits.com/main/HowTo%3aInstall_PyCharm_on_Ubuntu
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