Executable script can't run directly from desktop in Arch Linux

Question

Before, I was using Linux Mint and I can run bash script directly from desktop just with chmod the script to executable. For example, I have a script like this:

#!/bin/bash
VBoxSDL --startvm virtualmachine

then:

chmod +x myscript

In desktop. I just need to double click the script that I've created.

Now, I'm using Arch Linux with gnome-shell. The same way doesn't work. Instead, double clicking only runs text editor. Right click, too, show only gvim editor to launch the script and open with other applications option which doesn't have run script directly. So, how can I launch the script directly from desktop environtment without terminal?

Answer 1

If that isn't working then you can create a .desktop file for your script. It would look something like this:

# $Id: vbox-starter.desktop 22 $
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Custom Virtualbox Starter
GenericName=VBox
Comment=VBox
Exec=VBoxSDL --startvm virtualmachine
Terminal=true
Type=Application
Icon=Virtualbox
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Utility;

Note that since your script contains only one single line, you can put that directly in the Exec value:

Exec=VBoxSDL --startvm virtualmachine

In case you, your script was very long with multiple lines of code, then just put it this way:

Exec=~/Desktop/myscript

Answer 2

Looks like the text editor thinks that any file without an extension is a text file for it to open. Try to rename it, say myscript.sh and see if that works.