I'm running Kubuntu 14.04. I have an icon on my desktop that I would like to reuse somewhere else. The properties of the icon show the graphic, but not where the actual graphic file is located. How can I find it?
I note that it would be very nice if each desktop file somehow provided the location of its icon, not just the picture.
Icon file paths
The KDE is following the Freedesktop icon theme specification https://specifications.freedesktop.org/icon-theme-spec/icon-theme-spec-latest.html . Directory layout: https://specifications.freedesktop.org/icon-theme-spec/icon-theme-spec-latest.html#directory_layout . From the Askubuntu: Where are icons stored? .
KDE4/Plasma4
Right clicking the desktop icon show an option to look the desktop file.
Either Properties > preview (Folder desktop).
or Icon Settings > properties (Default desktop).
If the icon can be found from the default locations then only the icon name will be shown.
If the icon is not at the default places then the whole path will be shown.
Finding things
Ubuntu find https://help.ubuntu.com/community/find
locate - list files in databases that match a pattern, i.e. find inside updatedb's list
Ubuntu finding files https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FindingFiles
Command:
locate name.png
should show the location of the icon name.png - here it does.
