# Designer Launcher in Linux Mint 19.1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [April 10, 2019, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-in-linux-mint-19-1/23986 "2019-04-10T06:29:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SteveE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/stevee/32/14460_2.png) [@SteveE](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SteveE)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 6:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-in-linux-mint-19-1/23986/1 "2019-04-10T06:29:22Z")
Hi I installed Ignition 8.0 onto Linux Mint and all went well until I got to the Designer Launcher bit. Downloaded the Linux version and extracted the .tar.gz to the desktop but the actual launcher isn’t associated with anything? I though Java was built in to Ignition with 8.0 so I’m not sure what I should be associating it with. Running it as a shell script just kicks off a few errors. What am I missing? Edit: The .desktop file is incorrect and needs tweaking ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-in-linux-mint-19-1/23986/2 "2019-04-10T11:42:30Z")
What are the errors? ---
**Author:** ![jcoffman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jcoffman/32/6429_2.png) [@jcoffman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jcoffman)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-in-linux-mint-19-1/23986/3 "2019-04-10T15:44:05Z")
@SteveE in addition to Kevins question, which edition of mint are you using? Cinnamon, MATE, or xfce? ---
**Author:** ![Kyle\_Chase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kyle\_Chase](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kyle_Chase)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-in-linux-mint-19-1/23986/4 "2019-04-10T20:02:04Z")
You either need to run app/designerlauncher.sh from the command line, or copy the contents of designerlauncher.tar.gz to /usr/share/applications. The .desktop file is not an executable file like a .sh is. ---
**Author:** ![SteveE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/stevee/32/14460_2.png) [@SteveE](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SteveE)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-in-linux-mint-19-1/23986/5 "2019-04-10T20:02:17Z")
Kernel: 5.0.7-050007-generic x86\_64 bits 64 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.0.10 Distro: Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa $ ./designerlauncher.desktop ./designerlauncher.desktop: line 1: [Desktop: command not found ./designerlauncher.desktop: line 7: Launcher: command not found ./designerlauncher.desktop: line 8: -c: command not found Edit: Thanks Kyle - running /designerlauncher/app$ ./designerlauncher.sh does the trick ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-in-linux-mint-19-1/23986/6 "2019-04-10T20:04:18Z")
Is there a `designerlauncher.sh` you can run instead? ---
**Author:** ![SteveE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/stevee/32/14460_2.png) [@SteveE](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SteveE)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-in-linux-mint-19-1/23986/7 "2019-04-10T20:07:47Z")
Now that I’ve run the /designerlauncher/app$ ./designerlauncher.sh , the icon of the desktop link is now fixed… But still doesn’t do anything Designer Launcher properties: Command: bash -c ‘cd “$(dirname “$1”)/app” && ./designerlauncher.sh &’ . %k Permissions: Allow Executing file as a program When I run the bash, that works but Mint doesn’t like running the .Desktop Looks like a Mint problem - I’ll keep digging Validating the designerlauncher.desktop file gives a bunch of errors: desktop-file-validate designerlauncher.desktop designerlauncher.desktop: warning: key “Encoding” in group “Desktop Entry” is deprecated designerlauncher.desktop: error: value “True” for boolean key “Terminal” in group “Desktop Entry” contains invalid characters, boolean values must be “false” or “true” designerlauncher.desktop: error: value “bash -c ‘cd “$(dirname “$1”)/app” && ./designerlauncher.sh &’ . %k” for key “Exec” in group “Desktop Entry” contains a reserved character ‘’’ outside of a quote designerlauncher.desktop: error: value “bash -c ‘cd “$(dirname “$1”)/app” && ./designerlauncher.sh &’ . %k” for key “Exec” in group “Desktop Entry” contains a non-escaped character ‘$’ in a quote, but it should be escaped with two backslashes ("\$") designerlauncher.desktop: error: value “bash -c ‘cd “$(dirname “$1”)/app” && ./designerlauncher.sh &’ . %k” for key “Exec” in group “Desktop Entry” contains a reserved character ‘$’ outside of a quote designerlauncher.desktop: error: value “bash -c ‘cd “$(dirname “$1”)/app” && ./designerlauncher.sh &’ . %k” for key “Exec” in group “Desktop Entry” contains a reserved character ‘&’ outside of a quote designerlauncher.desktop: error: value “bash -c ‘cd “$(dirname “$1”)/app” && ./designerlauncher.sh &’ . %k” for key “Exec” in group “Desktop Entry” contains a reserved character ‘&’ outside of a quote designerlauncher.desktop: error: value “bash -c ‘cd “$(dirname “$1”)/app” && ./designerlauncher.sh &’ . %k” for key “Exec” in group “Desktop Entry” contains a reserved character ‘&’ outside of a quote designerlauncher.desktop: error: value “bash -c ‘cd “$(dirname “$1”)/app” && ./designerlauncher.sh &’ . %k” for key “Exec” in group “Desktop Entry” contains a reserved character ‘’’ outside of a quote designerlauncher.desktop: warning: value “.” for key “Path” in group “Desktop Entry” does not look like an absolute path Changing the .desktop file to hard code my path to designerlauncher.sh and change True to true: [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Version=1.0 Type=Application Terminal= **true** Icon=/home/steve/Downloads/designerlauncher/app/launcher.png Name=Designer Launcher Exec=/home/steve/Downloads/designerlauncher/app/designerlauncher.sh Path=. So basically True \> true and Exec doesn’t like single and double quotes ---
**Author:** ![Kyle\_Chase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kyle\_Chase](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kyle_Chase)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-in-linux-mint-19-1/23986/8 "2019-04-10T20:26:03Z")
I copied the extracted contents of designerlauncher.tar.gz to /usr/share/applications, and it showed up and ran from the menu for me. Give that a whirl. ---
**Author:** ![SteveE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/stevee/32/14460_2.png) [@SteveE](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SteveE)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-in-linux-mint-19-1/23986/9 "2019-04-10T20:55:45Z")
That didn’t work for me - flashes up for a split second and then it disappears ---
**Author:** ![Kyle\_Chase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kyle\_Chase](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kyle_Chase)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-in-linux-mint-19-1/23986/10 "2019-04-10T21:05:59Z")
Weird, it worked for me on a fresh install. Gremlins! ---
**Author:** ![SteveE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/stevee/32/14460_2.png) [@SteveE](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SteveE)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-in-linux-mint-19-1/23986/11 "2019-04-10T21:07:14Z")
Changing the .desktop file again: [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Type=Application Categories=Development Terminal= **false** Icon=/usr/share/applications/designerlauncher/app/launcher.png Name=Ignition Designer Launcher Exec=/usr/share/applications/designerlauncher/app/designerlauncher.sh Path=. Fixed that one ---
**Author:** ![derbi\_senda.r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@derbi\_senda.r](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/derbi_senda.r)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-in-linux-mint-19-1/23986/12 "2020-07-22T19:26:13Z")
a mi me pasaba igual. Finalmente el problema es que no es compatible con sistemas de 64 bits. La arquitectura del SO que tengo es armv7l. Desde armv8 ya es compatible con 64 todo lo que hay debajo no. ¿podéis pasar un launcher de 32? me da pelotaso volver a configurar todo. ---
**Author:** ![peter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/278dde/32.png) [@peter](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/peter)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-in-linux-mint-19-1/23986/13 "2020-07-23T18:10:37Z")
Usar el traductor de Google para el resto de nosotros 😃 The same thing happened to me. Finally the problem is that it is not compatible with 64-bit systems. The OS architecture I have is armv7l. Since armv8 is already compatible with 64, everything below is not. Can you pass a 32 launcher? It gives me a ball to reconfigure everything. ---
**Author:** ![SteveE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/stevee/32/14460_2.png) [@SteveE](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/SteveE)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-in-linux-mint-19-1/23986/14 "2020-07-23T22:13:43Z")
This might help (I think you’re going to have to migrate to 64 bit at some point to stay current): New features in **Ignition 8.0.15** include the BACnet driver, a **64-bit Linux ARM installer** , improvements to the gateway web interface, and new actions in Perspective. ---
**Author:** ![derbi\_senda.r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@derbi\_senda.r](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/derbi_senda.r)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-launcher-in-linux-mint-19-1/23986/15 "2020-08-17T19:27:33Z")
Sorry Peter and thanks, long time in the PC.