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slughappy1

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Registered: 2009-03-20

Posts: 75

How do I change one icon in Gnome shell?

More specifically how do I change the Eclipse Icon on the favorites bar? I downloaded Eclipse from their website and I just run it from within the folder I extracted.

Wey

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Registered: 2011-04-22

Posts: 217

Re: How do I change one icon in Gnome shell?

locate the eclipse.desktop file (probably in /usr/share/applications or ~/.local/share/applications). Open it with your favourite editor and replace the line that states Icon=...
Either specify a short name, for icons found in the /usr/share/icons directory and the like, or a full name like /home/username/youricon.png. Then alt+f2 and type r to restart gnome-shell (or just relogin...)
Done.

slughappy1

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Registered: 2009-03-20

Posts: 75

Re: How do I change one icon in Gnome shell?

locate the eclipse.desktop file (probably in /usr/share/applications or ~/.local/share/applications). Open it with your favourite editor and replace the line that states Icon=...
Either specify a short name, for icons found in the /usr/share/icons directory and the like, or a full name like /home/username/youricon.png. Then alt+f2 and type r to restart gnome-shell (or just relogin...)
Done.

Awesome, thanks