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I downloaded Tor Browser and I want to add a shortcut to it to the desktop.

So I wrote:

ln /home/myusername/Documents/tor-browser_en-US/start-tor-browser.desktop /home/myusername/Desktop/start-tor-browser.desktop

But when I do /home/myusername/Desktop/start-tor-browser.desktop I get this error:

/usr/bin/env: ‘./Browser/execdesktop’: No such file or directory

The reason is that the .desktop file has a relative path:

X-TorBrowser-ExecShell=./Browser/start-tor-browser --detach

How do I make a shortcut to Tor Browser on the Desktop without modifying Tor Browser's files? (so I don't want to change the relative path to an absolute one)

user1
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Just copy the .desktop file and adjust it. The desktop file is unlikely to change with updates anyway.

Your approach with hard or symbolic links does not work, as the .desktop file is evaluated respective to its "perceived" location, not the real location.

Andre Klärner
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  • As a convenient side note (after you corrected the desktop file,you can register tor as an desktop app. So you can use your app launcher: ./start-tor-browser.desktop --register-app – Torsten Oct 07 '20 at 10:55