Ubuntu – Desktop shortcut and lock to launcher for phpstorm failed to launch program

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I have just installed phpstorm, phpstorm can be opened via command line but I can't open the program via launcher or desktop shortcut and nothing error shown.

– My phpstorm.desktop code :

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Phpstorm
Exec=/home/mockie/softwares/PhpStorm-133.982/bin/phpstorm.sh
Terminal=true
Type=Application

– For launcher shortcut, I created it through phpstorm menu

Tools > create desktop entry

Still no luck, the launcher failed to open the program.

– This is how I run program via terminal :

/home/mockie/softwares/PhpStorm-133.982/bin/phpstorm.sh

– Fyi: if I run it via command line, I got this deprecate message :

Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM warning: ignoring option MaxPermSize=250m;
support was removed in 8.0

But phpstorm still can be opened successfully.

– I installed JRE on :

/home/mockie/softwares/jre1.8.0_20

Best Answer

I don't know if you ever got this to work, but the issue I'm almost certain was this:

The command you are executing should be:

/bin/bash /home/mockie/softwares/PhpStorm-133.982/bin/phpstorm.sh

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Installing gnome-panel

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This will create a launcher file in /usr/share/applications directory. Now double click and open the file.

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Found this .desktop file here. I haven't tested it. Try your luck.

[Desktop Entry]
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Type=Application
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