Making an application Launcher for a Java(Jar) Application

After installing the Java runtime environment you can create a launch icon like other applications in the sistem by making a *.desktop file.
It makes things easier and prettier!

• Create a folder in a directory of your choice with the *.jar (the application) and *.png (the application icon) files. In this case the directory I will use is /usr/share/folder. For the ~/folderis a good idea to name it with the application name, for example, if the application is VUE name the folder ~/VUE or ~/vue.
  Open the terminal and run the following code line:
  sudo mkdir /usr/share/folder
  Or open your file manager (Nautilus in this case) with super admin privileges by runing the following code line in the terminal:
  gksu nautilus
  After that, go to /usr/share and create the folder folder with the GUI.
• Also in the terminal and run the following code line:
  sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/*.desktop

(You could use your editor of choice. In this case was used Gedit.)

• Paste the following code lines in the file you are editing:

  #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
  [Desktop Entry]
  Version=1.0
  Type=Application
  Terminal=false
  Icon[en_US]=/usr/share/HomeAccountant/HomeAccountant.png
  Name[en_US]=HomeAccountant
  Exec=java -jar /usr/share/HomeAccountant/HomeAccountant.jar
  Comment[en_US]=Home Accountant
  Name=HomeAccountant
  Comment=Home Accountant
  Icon=gnome-panel-launcher

• Save the file.