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I used "sudo snap install bitcoin-core" and it appeared to install fine except I get the error: "Failed to launch 'Bitcoin Core' Desktop file didn't specify Exec Field." Did I do something wrong? Maybe I am not finished with the install?
This is nearly a pristine installation of Ubuntu. The only other thing I did was run updates and I installed Konsole prior to installing Bitcoin Core. I ran the "sudo snap install..." command from Konsole.
Thanks to all.
This must help you.
Open terminal:
$ sudo su
# cd /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications
# nano bitcoin-core_bitcoin-qt.desktop
and last line must look like that
Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/bitcoin-core_bitcoin-qt.desktop /snap/bin/bitcoin-core.qt %U
Ctrl + X will quit the editor and you will be asked if you want to save your changes. Press Y for Yes.
Now try launching the app.
From the command line, I typed '/snap/bin/bitcoin-core.qt' and now Bitcoin Core is synchronizing with the network. Problem solved.
I still don't know how to repair the shortcut but that is because I'm a Linux newbie.
