MinimWatch - no tray icon(s) or desktop launcher

[nickc]

(08-10-2017 19:29)simoncn Wrote:  I'm not aware of any problem that would prevent the desktop launch icon showing on a GNOME desktop. There have been problems with autostart and with the minim tray icon.

I suggest you do the following:

1) Make sure you don't run anything in the following list as the root user. If you have permission problems without this, please post details here.
2) Use minimwatch/bin/setup to disable desktop integration and automatic startup
3) Use minimwatch/bin/uninstall to completely uninstall minimwatch
4) Do a new installation of MinimWatch 0.8.4.7
5) Use minimwatch/bin/setup to enable desktop integration but not automatic startup

Does this produce a launch icon on the desktop?

There is a Desktop folder in my home folder, but it's empty, no hidden files or anything. (It's a very new install and I haven't put anything on the desktop yet.)

If there isn't a launch icon, it could be that the expected location of .desktop files has changed in GNOME on 16.04. MinimWatch is creating a minimwatch.desktop file in the ~/Desktop directory.

Thanks for your help.
Permission issues arose before completion:

Code:

nick@nick-build-1:~/Programmes$ minimwatch/bin/setup

MinimWatch desktop integration is enabled
MinimWatch automatic startup is enabled

Do you want to change these settings (y/n)?
y
Enable desktop integration for MinimWatch (y/n)?
n
MinimWatch desktop integration has been disabled

Enable automatic startup for MinimWatch (y/n)?
n
Acquiring root privilege for system configuration update...
[sudo] password for nick:

I didn't enter my password and aborted to await further advice.