How do I add manually installed apps to startup ?- Community

How do I add manually installed apps to startup ?

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mike235

deepin

2017-11-26 02:16

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Hi,

Apps that are installed via the Deepin Stor or packet manager can be added to startup easily by right clicking on them and selecting "Add to startup".

But what about apps that I installed manually and that do not show up in the start menu ? For example I installed the Nextcloud client to /usr/bin/, how do I add it to startup ?

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o4is

deepin

2017-11-26 02:34

One way would be to create manually a desktop file for the application.
https://developer.gnome.org/integration-guide/stable/desktop-files.html.en
When you save this file in /usr/share/applications/ or ~/.local/share/applications/ directory it will appear in the start menu under the category you've specified in the file. From there you can right click and add to startup. You will find those apps that start up at ~/.config/autostart directory.

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mike235

deepin

2017-11-26 03:52

Awesome, that worked ! Thanks

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tnngator

deepin

2017-12-18 20:28

alacarte worked for me with 15.5 if you want an easy way.
sudo apt-get install alacarte
After installs it shows up in the app menu and you can change and add to your hearts content;-)

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