How do I put Google Chrome on my launcher?

Question

I recently installed Chrome on Ubuntu, and I can run Chrome via google-chrome on the command line.

However, how can I put a Chrome icon on my dock?

Was able to get a workaround similar to @Saber's answer by following https://askubuntu.com/a/1026532/1369861 — Isaac Meyer, Jul 20 '21 at 00:54

Agmenor · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-31T20:58:37.443

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Search for Chrome in the menu and drag it to the dock.

Doing this, you don't need the command line at all.

edited Jan 31 '12 at 20:58

answered Jan 31 '12 at 01:33

Agmenor

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I don't see it in the search anymore on Ubuntu 20.10. – Raffi Khatchadourian Dec 05 '20 at 14:51

score 12 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 31 '12 at 19:51

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Right click on the icon in the dock while it's running and select lock/add to favorites.

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edited Jan 31 '12 at 19:51

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answered Jan 31 '12 at 00:09

waspinator

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I wanted to do this, I started Chrome, but it didn't appear on the left band at all. Agmenor's method worked. – Pavel V. Oct 20 '14 at 14:22

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 09 '18 at 05:18

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Create a desktop file (e.g. chrome.desktop) on your Desktop and insert the following content into that file:

#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=/usr/bin/google-chrome
Name=Google Chrome
Icon=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/google-chrome.png

Make it executable by running this command:
```
chmod +x ~/Desktop/chrome.desktop
```

Add it to the launcher:

cp ~/Desktop/chrome.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/

edited Feb 09 '18 at 05:18

muru

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answered Feb 09 '18 at 04:39

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This works to launch from the desktop, but does not work from the launcher. – Chaim Eliyah May 12 '19 at 08:21

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 09 '18 at 05:13

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open Chrome-> right click on chrome icon from dock -> "Add to favorites". Refer to this Image if you're using ubuntu 17.10

answered Feb 09 '18 at 05:13

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How do I put Google Chrome on my launcher?

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