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The shortcut is meant to be placed on a dock as a keyboard-free alternative to pressing Super+A.\n\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/milan102/Ubuntu-Launchpad/master/launchpad-1.0/launchpad.png\" height=\"150\" width=\"150\"\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\n## Installation\nInstall the dependency by opening Terminal and running:\n```\nsudo apt install xdotool\n```\n\n[Download the deb installer file](https://github.com/milan102/Ubuntu-Launchpad/raw/master/launchpad-1.0.deb)\n\nOpen the deb file and proceed with installation\n\nOpen Terminal and run:\n```\nxdg-open /usr/share/applications\n```\nor navigate to the ```/usr/share/applications``` folder manually\n\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/milan102/Ubuntu-Launchpad/master/images/applications-folder.png\"\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\nDrag the Launchpad icon onto the dock\n\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/milan102/Ubuntu-Launchpad/master/images/dock.png\"\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\nDone!\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\n## Development Tutorial\nIn Terminal run:\n```\nsudo apt install dh-make devscripts\n```\n\nThen run:\n```\nsudo gedit .bashrc\n```\n\nAdd your information to the end of the file (mine below, I used an URL instead of email):\n```\nexport DEBEMAIL=\"https://github.com/milan102\"\nexport DEBFULLNAME=\"Milan Mishra\"\n```\n\nCreate a folder called launchpad-1.0 and place the shell script inside\n- Add a .desktop file and a .png file\n- Edit the .desktop file to Exec where the shell script will be placed and set Path to that folder (more on that below)\n\nFrom inside the launchpad-1.0 folder, run:\n```\ndh_make --indep --createorig --copyright mit\n```\n\nInside the newly generated debian folder:\n- Create an install file that specifies where the files in launchpad-1.0 get installed to (the paths are used in the .desktop file)\n- Edit the rules file and add ```override_dh_usrlocal:```\n- Edit the control file by changing Section, Homepage, Depends, and Description\n\nCreate a folder outside launchpad-1.0 called ```post-dh_make-files```\nBack up the finalized install, rules, and control files in here so that they don't need to be edited each time on future runs of dh_make and instead can be copied+pasted into the generated debian folder\n\nFrom inside the launchpad-1.0 folder, run:\n```\ndebuild -us -uc\n```\n\nDistribute the generated .deb file as an application installer\n\n## Notes\nThanks to https://blog.packagecloud.io/eng/2016/12/15/howto-build-debian-package-containing-simple-shell-scripts/ for providing a great starting point with regard to packaging shell scripts into deb files\n\nIcon made by Pixel Buddha from www.flaticon.com\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fmilanify%2Fubuntu-launchpad","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fmilanify%2Fubuntu-launchpad","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fmilanify%2Fubuntu-launchpad/lists"}