git gui and gitk not showing git icon in launcher

Colin Law clanlaw at gmail.com
Fri Jan 9 15:50:10 UTC 2026


On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 at 15:46, Tony Arnold <a.c.arnold at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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.

It runs fine. When running it doesn't show a good icon in the
launcher.  Do you see a git icon of some sort?
I will try Wayland, but my graphics doesn't like it much.

Colin L.



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