Where do I find an icon file for a Linux install's shortcut?

Argon · 12-31-2023, 12:23 AM

I just installed calibre on Debian running Xfce and used Alacarte to make a shortcut to it in the Applications drop-down (top left of the screen) and would like to be able to set the calibre logo as its icon, instead of a generic icon.

I'm a complete Linux novice, so apologies if this is a very simple question or I did this the wrong way!

Quoth · 12-31-2023, 04:38 AM

On my Mint with Mate the icon automatically was in the menu.
When I look at icon properties the path is /usr/share/icons/hicolour/48x48/apps/calibre-gui.png

theducks · 12-31-2023, 12:44 PM

Calibre has all its icons in

??? \Calibre2\app\resources\images

??? being the programs install folder

Quoth · 12-31-2023, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

Calibre has all its icons in

??? \Calibre2\app\resources\images

??? being the programs install folder

On Windows.
But the OP is running Debian, a main Linux distro.
On my Linux, Calibre images folder is
/opt/calibre/resources/images/
(case sensitive).
When setting up something puts a copy of the "main icon" as
/usr/share/icons/hicolour/48x48/apps/calibre-gui.png
for the Menu thingy (there are three kinds of Menu available for the "places" bar), one is a bit like MS windows 7 Start.
Oddly there is no "calibre-gui.png" in images, but "apple-touch-icon.png" looks similar and "lt.png" looks the same.

Linux doesn't actually have "dedicated" icon files like MS Windows has.

The /usr/bin/calibre is a link to /opt/calibre/calibre
/bin/ is a link to /usr/bin/

Edit:
typing env in Terminal/Console reveals that

Code:

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin

hence typing calibre works.
Which I tried:
Of course there is a small QT issue I didn't know about as I usually click on an icon in my LHS Places bar.

Code:

qt.webengine.QWebEngineView OK
qt.gui.imageio: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile
qt.gui.imageio: libpng warning: iCCP: cHRM chunk does not match sRGB
qt.gui.imageio: libpng warning: iCCP: known incorrect sRGB profile

Argon · 01-01-2024, 07:44 PM

Very interesting, Quoth, thanks! This solved my problem.

12-31-2023, 12:23 AM	#1
Argon Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2020 Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Oasis 3	Where do I find an icon file for a Linux install's shortcut? I just installed calibre on Debian running Xfce and used Alacarte to make a shortcut to it in the Applications drop-down (top left of the screen) and would like to be able to set the calibre logo as its icon, instead of a generic icon. I'm a complete Linux novice, so apologies if this is a very simple question or I did this the wrong way!

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12-31-2023, 04:38 AM	#2
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,636 Karma: 108669873 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	On my Mint with Mate the icon automatically was in the menu. When I look at icon properties the path is /usr/share/icons/hicolour/48x48/apps/calibre-gui.png

12-31-2023, 12:44 PM	#3
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,172 Karma: 60406498 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Calibre has all its icons in ??? \Calibre2\app\resources\images ??? being the programs install folder

01-01-2024, 07:44 PM	#5
Argon Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2020 Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Oasis 3	Very interesting, Quoth, thanks! This solved my problem.