http://blog.cmac4603.dev/tags/gui/Recent content in Gui on NotebookHugoen-usMon, 17 Aug 2026 21:37:22 +0100http://blog.cmac4603.dev/posts/adding-environment-variables-to-linux-gui-apps/Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:37:22 +0100http://blog.cmac4603.dev/posts/adding-environment-variables-to-linux-gui-apps/<p>Find the app your looking for:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>sudo find / -type f -iname <span style="color:#e6db74">&#34;*myapp*&#34;</span> </span></span></code></pre></div><p>Edit the file:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" style="color:#f8f8f2;background-color:#272822;-moz-tab-size:4;-o-tab-size:4;tab-size:4;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span style="display:flex;"><span>nvim /usr/share/applications/org.myapp.MyApp.desktop </span></span></code></pre></div><p>You&rsquo;ll want to look for the <code>Exec</code> key, and prepend the env vars to the app command:</p> <pre tabindex="0"><code>Exec=env MY_ENV_VAR=hello my-app-cmd %U </code></pre>