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You can create a new desktop file, where you add pkexec in the
Exec
line.Desktop files are in
/usr/share/applications
. Find your app there. Copy it's desktop file file to the user's application directory, it's~/.local/share/applications
expanded:/home/username/.local/share/applications/
. Rename this new desktop file, and in the line starting withExec
addpkexec
at the beginning of the command string.pkexec
is the graphical equivalent ofsudo
(kindof). Also change theName
in the file, so you can find it in your menu. (The difference you mention comes from here. On the gui thisName
parameter is visible, while on the terminal you call the command fromExec
).When you save the new desktop file, it should show up in your Application menu. If you start this new app, pkexec should bring up a graphical password prompt.
If you use gnome you can edit desktop files with alacarte, it may work with other DEs: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/alacarte
More info, these things are unrelated to your distro, it should work the same way everywhere:
snaps have an extra directory for .desktop files, because ... you know ... snaps 🙄
So do flatpaks.