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Add Intellij launcher shortcut and icon for ubuntu
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add_intellij_launcer
// create file:
sudo vim /usr/share/applications/intellij.desktop
// add the following
[Desktop Entry]
Version=13.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Icon[en_US]=/home/rob/.intellij-13/bin/idea.png
Name[en_US]=IntelliJ
Exec=/home/rob/.intellij-13/bin/idea.sh
Name=IntelliJ
Icon=/home/rob/.intellij-13/bin/idea.png
// mod permissions
sudo chmod 644 /usr/share/applications/intellij.desktop
sudo chown root:root /usr/share/applications/intellij.desktop
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