IntelliJ Idea application menu entry for xubuntu

Posted on Thu 25 May 2017 in tech

Assuming intellij has been installed to /opt/ here's how to create an application menu entry (on xubuntu). Create a file ~/.local/share/applications/intellij.desktop with the following content:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=IntelliJ
Icon=/opt/jetbrains/idea/bin/idea.png
Exec=/opt/jetbrains/idea/bin/idea.sh
NoDisplay=false
Categories=Development;
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=false

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