I'm trying to create a simple 'double click' executable to open a large number of specific folders and applications for a user uncomfortable with using the terminal.
The script is simple enough and works as expected when running through the terminal with the following command:
python3 /home/xxxx/Desktop/setup.py
When I double click the file, it opens in the text editor.
I have added executable permission with:
sudo chmod +x /home/xxxx/Desktop/setup.py
...and I've given ample permission with:
sudo chmod 755 /home/xxxx/Desktop/setup.py
...and it has what I think is the appropriate shebang at the top of the file:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
I would expect to see a pop up which asks something like "Do you want to run this as an executable?" but this pop up doesn't appear.
I tried "open with another application" but I found no way to actually open with the terminal or python directly from there.
Getting desperate, I tried to just create a desktop short cut:
lxshortcut -o /home/xxxx/Desktop/setup.py
...but even this didn't work. The .Desktop file created would only open as a text file.
I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
Thanks in advance for any help/ideas.
Extra Info:
the script doesn't need to be executable from another computer
python3 is installed
