Question : How do I open my application with the Launcher app file .desktop

I've a problem with the application Oracle SQL Developer, I can only run it going to the terminal and only with the sudo command. My file is there : /usr/local/bin/sqldeveloper and to open it I have to do sudo sqldeveloper.

Now here is the code of my launcher app :

$ cat /usr/share/applications/Oracle-sqldeveloper.desktop 
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Oracle SQL Developer
Exec=sqldeveloper
Icon=/opt/sqldeveloper/icon.png
Terminal=false >> ~/.local/share/applications/sqldeveloper.desktop

I've already tried to put the full path in the Exec row but nothing, the app doesn't launch, there's the icon in the toolbar few second and it disappears.

Solutions

I also faced same issue, googled lot but nothing got helpful.. BTW I solved this problem by adding absolute path in /usr/share/applications/Oracle-sqldeveloper.desktop. If you want to run sqldeveloper from applications>programming menu then you need to edit your Oracle-sqldeveloper.desktop file. add absolute path which is Exec=/opt/sqldeveloper/sqldeveloper/bin/sqldeveloper in my case also change Terminal=true which show you other problem like java home etc, if java related issue then set according to terminal instruction after that change Terminal=false

 $ sudo vim /usr/share/applications/Oracle-sqldeveloper.desktop

    [Desktop Entry]
    Encoding=UTF-8
    Name=SQL Developer
    Comment=Oracle SQL Developer
    Icon=/opt/sqldeveloper/icon.png
    Exec=/opt/sqldeveloper/sqldeveloper/bin/sqldeveloper
    Terminal=true
    Type=Application
    X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.23
    Categories=X-Red-Hat-Extra;Application;Development;

 

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