How do I change an icon from an app whose exec is from /opt directory?

[NouveauMember]

At this resplendent time, I have installed an application whose executable is in the /opt directory. I have tried to find any .png files matching the name of the applications using find. How do I change the icon of an app that is from the /opt directory?

Just your average antiX user

[NouveauMember]

Also, the application image looks like this before I unlock the password for the application (You can set a password for the application):

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[melodieMember]

You need to find the *.desktop file belonging to.this package and look for the “Icon=” line using a text editor. This will give you the name of the icon. Then look for it in /opt and also in /usr/share/icons.
In the console cd to the said directories. Then use find:

find . -name “*the-icon-name*”

(Be careful not to miss a ‘.’ or a.space, nor a ” .. )

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[NouveauMember]

The icon’s name is session-desktop, but isn’t oftentimes the icon name different from the one that show’s up on the taskbar?

I’ve changed the directory to /opt and /usr/share/icons

No results came when I copied and pasted your command and changed the “the-icon-name” part to this

find . -name “*session-desktop*”

Just your average antiX user

[BobCModerator]

Did you check to make sure that wasn’t going to cause problems for your antiX system? Hopefully you are testing this on a live USB first.

Of course you didn’t tell us what package it was that you installed, so we don’t have much to go on.

Maybe it doesn’t include an icon? The one you posted is a default. If the package included a .desktop file, paste in the contents of it.

What exactly are you trying to do?

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[NouveauMember]

@BobC

No, I am not testing on live usb.

I installed the session messenger application following the debian install guide:

https://docs.getsession.org/session-messenger/installing-session/installing-on-linux-debian-based-distros

In Session Messenger, you can set a password before messages are accessed

The icon on the page where it asks you for your password is in fact a default one

However, when you enter the password it changes to a different icon with a green S

I would like both to be a custom icon for both.

Desktop file is as follows:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Session
Exec=/opt/Session/session-desktop %U
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=session-desktop
StartupWMClass=Session
Comment=Private messaging from your desktop
Categories=Network;InstantMessaging;Chat;

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[melodieMember]

Nouveau wrote:

No results came when I copied and pasted your command and changed the “the-icon-name” part to this

find . -name “*session-desktop*”

Then something is wrong in their package. You might try either sudo find . -name "*session-desktop"” or “sudo ls -lR /opt/<package directory> > /hoome/you/list-files.txt

Then have a look in the list?

[BobCModerator]

Its good that it looks like its not a session manager that would conflict with antiX’s system.

If you put a copy of that .desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications antiX’s utilities might be able to find and use it. I’m guessing it will appear on the internet menu and app-select, as well as the IceWM toolbar icon manager if you do that.

PS: You could try changing the name of the icon in the .desktop file to the one you want to appear. My guess is it might work for the menu, app-select and the toolbar,but not sure if it will work for the taskbar.

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[BobCModerator]

melodie wrote:

Nouveau wrote:

No results came when I copied and pasted your command and changed the “the-icon-name” part to this

find . -name “*session-desktop*”

Then something is wrong in their package. You might try either sudo find . -name "*session-desktop"” or “sudo ls -lR /opt/<package directory> > /hoome/you/list-files.txt

Then have a look in the list?

He just didn’t give us the correct name of the file is my guess…

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[DaveForum Admin]

BobC wrote:

He just didn’t give us the correct name of the file is my guess…

Probably a snap file, or some other prepackaged all in one app deal.
Likely need to extract/download the icon file and place it in the icon pack or /usr/share/pixmaps so it can be referenced. Alternatively provide the full path in the .desktop file to the icon.

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[Xunzi_23Member]

Hi, this is Session Messenger, icons are available in the appimage usr share folder.

To get the icon or icons rename the appimage adding.zip at the end of the name then unpack.
you can copy icons to appropriate locations using rox or other file manager, sudo needed.

The appimage is full of chromium code, no idea how trustworthy, it might be the easier option
to use on antiX.
https://getsession.org/privacy-policy

Session is located in Switzerland and claims to be very private, please remember Switzerland
monitors all connections/connections to other by government wiretapping project and encryption
is under attack. Plese read. Alarming aspect of proposed Swiss law revisions is the obligation
to undermine encryption by backdoor or other.,
https://www.isoc.ch/swiss-surveillance-ordinance-encryption-threat-vupf-oscpt/

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