The installation took place correctly and the server is connected, on the other hand, I do not see an icon and I have to click on the file to be executed to open the application.
Use the .desktop file I created at
how to create a shortcut to electrum btc wallet to make the shortcut.
1. Create an empty text file called
electrum.desktop (save it inside your home folder, like /home/ophelie
2. Paste the following contents in this file, and save it:
[Desktop Entry]
Comment=Lightweight Bitcoin Client
Exec=/home/ophelie/electrum-4.0.3-x86_64.AppImage %u
GenericName[en_US]=Bitcoin Wallet
GenericName=Bitcoin Wallet
Icon=/home/ophelie/electrum.png
Name[en_US]=Electrum Bitcoin Wallet
Name=Electrum Bitcoin Wallet
Categories=Office;Finance;Network;
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=electrum
Terminal=false
Type=Application
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/bitcoin;
For the icon to work, you need to download it from
https://i.imgur.com/zx4CmVi.png to your Home folder and rename it to
electrum.png3. Open a terminal and run the following command to create a shortcut:
desktop-file-install --dir=$HOME/.local/share/applications electrum.desktop
This installs the shortcut on Activities or any other start menu you are using. It only installs it for the current users, not for other users that might use the computer (I assume you are the only user of your computer).
Now you should be able to access Electrum by going to Activities menu and clicking on
Electrum Bitcoin Wallet, or it might be under
Office > Electrum Bitcoin Wallet.
Do not move the electrum-4.0.3-x86_64.AppImage or electrum.png file. If you move the AppImage, then the shortcut will no longer work, it will try to run electrum at a folder it's not located in. If you move the Electrum icon, then it won't show an icon anymore.
If keeping the files in the home folder is a nuisance for you, I can work out a solution that puts the files in the hidden .local folder.4. The electrum.desktop file you created earlier is no longer needed (it made a copy of it in a system folder), you can safely delete the one you created.
If you ever want to delete the shortcut, just run in a terminal:
rm ~/.local/share/applications/electrum.desktop
and then the shortcut will be gone.