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Add a VSCodium Desktop Shortcut ​

VSCodium is already installed in the current bASICs VM. Follow these steps if you want an icon on the desktop instead of opening it from a terminal.

Create the shortcut ​

Open a terminal inside the VM and run:

bash
cat > ~/Desktop/VSCodium.desktop <<'EOF'
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=VSCodium
Comment=Code editor
Exec=codium %F
Icon=vscodium
Terminal=false
Categories=Development;IDE;TextEditor;
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=VSCodium
EOF

chmod 0755 ~/Desktop/VSCodium.desktop

The VSCodium icon should now appear on the desktop. Double-click it to open the editor. If the desktop asks whether you trust the launcher, select Mark Executable or Launch Anyway.

If VSCodium is not installed ​

Check whether the command is available:

bash
codium --version

If the terminal reports codium: command not found, install the supported tool patch by following Update an Existing VM. Then create the shortcut again.

Remove the shortcut ​

Delete only the desktop launcher with:

bash
rm ~/Desktop/VSCodium.desktop

This removes the shortcut without uninstalling VSCodium or deleting any of your projects.