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Creating a desktop/application launcher Ubuntu

Start off by executing the following command: sudo nano /usr/share/applications/YOUR-PROGRAM-NAME.desktop Add the following to the file: [Desktop Entry] Version=13.0 Type=Application Terminal=false Icon[en_US]=/home/USERNAME/PATH-TO-PROGRAM-FOLDER/PROGRAM-ICON.png Name[en_US]=PROGRAM-NAME Exec=/home/USERNAME/PATH-TO-PROGRAM-FOLDER/PROGRAM-NAME.sh Name=PROGRAM-NAME Icon=/home/USERNAME/PATH-TO-PROGRAM-FOLDER/PROGRAM-ICON.png Change permissions and ownership…

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spotify: error while loading shared libraries: libgcrypt.so.11: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory – SOLVED Ubuntu 15.10

A minor issue with Spotify on Ubuntu 15.10. First install Spotify on Ubuntu 15.10 as per normal, and then execute the following commands: wget http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/main/libg/libgcrypt11/libgcrypt11_1.5.0-5+deb7u3_amd64.deb And then: sudo dpkg -i…

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