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I have a .desktop file in /usr/share/applications with the entry:

[Desktop Entry]
Icon=my-app
...

I have placed my-app.png into /usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps.

The icon displays just fine for its entry in the MATE Application menu if I explicitly point it to the icon location:

Icon=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/my-app.png

But it doesn't work if I use the basename:

Icon=my-app

Why is it failing with just the basename? This seems to be how other applications do it.

I am referencing the specifications from freedesktop.org. My distro is Fedora 30.

This is testing for an RPM package so I am not looking for answers that direct me to place it anywhere in my home folder.

Zhro
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I had the same problem and what worked for me was to update the cache of the hicolor theme: /usr/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache. You do this with the following command:

sudo gtk-update-icon-cache -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor/

The -f option means it will overwrite the current cache, even if it is up to date.

This worked for me; I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 and GNOME. Maybe there is something similar for MATE.

Simon-Teodor Mărăcine
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Use a custom url for you're icon.

Icon=/some/dir/icon.png

Also chech the size of the icon. I believe there is a limit for the size it should be in.

Small (48 pixels) Standard (64 pixels) Large (96 pixels). Hope This helped!

Akshay K Sathish
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