git gui and gitk not showing git icon in launcher

[Tony Arnold]

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).
> They don't appear to install .desktop files, at least I can't find
> them.
> 
> Any suggestions as to why this might be happening and what to do
> about
> it?  It was ok before I upgraded from 22.04, as far as I remember.

I've just installed git-gui and run it from the command line using the
command 'git gui'. A window pops up with the repository information as
expected.

I'm running Ubuntu 24.04 with the default gnome desktop and using
Wayland.

You could try switching between Xorg and Wayland to see if that makes
any difference.

Regards,
Tony.

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Tony Arnold MBCS, CITP | Retired IT Security Analyst