Add JRE to open with list under Fedora/Korora

rutabega man · 01-13-2014, 07:47 AM

Hello-

I am trying to get minecraft running for my son and I have a .jar that is an executable, when I right click on it and try to change the default application to open it with JRE is not listed. I only want this particular file to be opened with JRE. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Tadaen · 01-13-2014, 06:46 PM

I never figured out how to do what your asking with Debian Gnome but this works just as well if not better for me.

Make a .desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications with the following content, edited for your setup of course. This will add it to the "start menu" or whatever one wants to call it. Just like any installed app. A logout / log in may be required to get it to register as an installed application.

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Minecraft
GenericName=Minecraft
Comment=Sandbox
Type=Application
Exec=java -jar /path/to/minecraft/jar/file
Icon=/path/to/icon
Categories=Game;
Name[fr_FR]=Minecraft

For icon I just found one using a google search of Minecraft icons.