git gui and gitk not showing git icon in launcher

[Robert Heller]

It is actually just like all other git commands:

git gui

At Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:34:49 +0000 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi Colin,
> 
> On Fri, 2026-01-09 at 12:02 +0000, Colin Law wrote:
> > Using Ubuntu 24.04 Gnome desktop.  I have installed git, git-gui and
> > gitk using apt.  When I launch git gui or gitk from the command line
> > they show a generic cog icon in the activities bar (if that is what
> > it
> > is called).
> 
> How do you run git-gui from the command line? I can't find a suitable
> command and git-gui is installed on my system.
> 
> Regards,
> Tony.
> 

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