How do I give my C++ program an icon? I’m compiling using g++ on Ubuntu 11.10.
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On Linux, executables don’t have icons. You need to create a
.desktopfile which you can give an icon. See here for example.On Windows, you can use resource files to give the files themselves an icon. See here and especially here for an explanation.