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You need something to create a kind of “Desktop-Environment” as all these programs are only “Window-Managers”, meaning that they do not provide a means to have desktop-icons (among other things).
Different approaches are possible. None is “better” than any of the others. We all have our favorites, mine is “Rox”, which is basically a file-manager that spreads over the whole screen and shows me only the “Desktop” folder (where the icons are).
You can also install Gnome, KDE, XFCE, LXDE, And, What, Not with Blackbox.
Last edited by Michael Uplawski; 06-02-2018 at 11:51 AM.
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If you are looking for icons, then you need a full desktop environment, but you can still have a way of quickly launching programs. Install bbkeys, which will enable you to set up shortcuts using the Super (aka Windows) key. Pressing <Super>f is surely quicker than moving a pointer to an icon and clicking.
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Hi,
I used a few desktop interfaces and now try to work on barebone BlackBox. I run on Debian 9, and use Firefox, how to make a Firefox icon on Desktop?
Thank you.
When I installed Firefox (Quantum) downloaded from Mozilla's website, it didn't create an icon for it. So I done a search and thankfully LFS has the answer:
Have a look under "Configuring Firefox" near the bottom of the page. Then copy & paste what's under "Configuring Firefox" into the command-line as root.
And that's it! Icon created.
(you may need to change the path according to your setup)
Have a look under "Configuring Firefox" near the bottom of the page. Then copy & paste what's under "Configuring Firefox" into the command-line as root.
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Originally Posted by Michael Uplawski
Blackbox. Show me.
...or the OP could create a script on a distro that does have a GUI of some description, and then run that script on the system in question. Have another look under what I mentioned - it should have been obvious to you that what I mentioned creates a shortcut for Firefox.
That's how I understood the question - that the OP wants to create a shortcut for Firefox.
Last edited by jsbjsb001; 06-02-2018 at 11:43 AM.
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Install bbkeys, which will enable you to set up shortcuts using the Super (aka Windows) key. Pressing <Super>f is surely quicker than moving a pointer to an icon and clicking.
This is a good hint.
In addition, an arbitrary taskbar can help. fbpanel, rox (again), lxpanel...
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Even the topic is pointing at BlackBox.
I'm still not understanding what your problem is, once again and for the last time, it still creates a shortcut for Firefox regardless of which distro it is we are talking about - I used that very same link on CentOS 7 and it worked without any problems.
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