git gui and gitk not showing git icon in launcher

[Robert Heller]

I suspect that git-gui does not install a launcher icon.  I guess you could 
create one.  You just need a .desktop file with the correct information in it. 
It is just a text file that you can create with a text editor.  Something like 
this:

gitgui.desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Git GUI
Comment=Git GUI
Icon=git
Exec=git gui
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(assumes git.png exists somewhere under /usr/share/icons or /usr/local/share/icons)

At Fri, 9 Jan 2026 15:58:38 +0000 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 at 15:50, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> 
> I don't get an icon in Wayland either.
> 
> >
> > Colin L.
> 

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