How to configure KDE to bring application icons in user Desktop

[Nate Graham]

Hello Kailas,
You should consider upgrading to Plasma 5 which has this feature as 
standard. :) KDE 4 has been unsupported upstream for years and years.

Nate

On 2020-01-31 06:43, Kailassingh Patil wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> Please help me to configure KDE environment as explained below:
> 
> My Linux Desktop currently has no application icons.
> I want to create few application icons in Desktop and set an 
> organization wallpaper.
> I am trying to set up configurations in a shared location so that any 
> user logs in on any hosts should see the same app icons and wallpaper. 
> (For runlevel 5 and in VNC sessions)
> 
> I have setup XDG_CONFIG_DIRS and XDG_DATA_DIRS. I can see the apps in 
> Menu but I cannot see icons on Desktop. I am not sure that is going 
> wrong here.
> 
> Please also help on setting up wallpaper using XDG_CONFIG_DIRS and 
> XDG_DATA_DIRS variables.
> 
> Distro: CentOS Linux release 7.4.1708 (Core) and onwards
> 
> KDE Version: KDE4
> 
> host1:/home/user1> env |grep XDG
> 
> XDG_SESSION_ID=6200
> 
> XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/global_conf/env/default/kde4/xdg:/global_conf/env/kde4/xdg:/etc/xdg
> 
> XDG_DATA_DIRS=/global_conf/env/default/kde4/share: 
> /global_conf/env/kde4/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Kailas
> 
> 
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