git gui and gitk not showing git icon in launcher

Tony Arnold a.c.arnold at gmail.com
Fri Jan 9 17:06:41 UTC 2026


On Fri, 2026-01-09 at 15:50 +0000, Colin Law 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.

No, I don't see a git icon in the launcher.

Regards,
Tony.

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Tony Arnold MBCS, CITP | Retired IT Security Analyst



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