install-tar.bz2-app.md

Steps to install .tar.bz2 files on Linux

Here I will provide my steps for installing archive apps such as .tar.bz2.

Extract the .tar.bz2 file

tar -xvjf file.tar.bz2
# verbose command: "tar --extract --verbose --bzip2 --file file.tar.bz2"

Move the extracted folder to the /opt/ folder

sudo mv extracted_folder /opt/appName
# appName = your app name 

Create a .desktop file

sudo nano /usr/share/applications/appName.desktop
# appName = your app name

And the contents may be as follows,

[Desktop Entry]
Name=AppName
Comment=AppName Comment
Exec=/opt/appname/appNameExec 
# Exec= "make sure the path to the executable file of the application"
Icon=/opt/appName/icons/folder/icon.png
# Icon= "make sure the route to the icon image from the application"
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Office;Education;

Refresh our Linux desktop database

sudo update-desktop-database

And voila! The app has appeared in our app list!

Tested on:

• OpenSUSE 16 Leap