Running Pycharm as root from launcher

Question

How is it possible to run Pycharm from the launcher with root privileges?

I can do that from the terminal window, with sudo ./pycharm.sh, but I\'d like to d

Answer 1

Try: gksudo ./path/to/pycharm/executable

More about gksudo

If you're on ubuntu and don't have gksudo install it using:

apt-get install gksu

Here is an example launcher configuration (under: ~/.local/share/applications/jetbrains-pycharm-ce.desktop):

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=PyCharm Community Edition
Icon=/home/YOUR_USER/pycharm/bin/pycharm.png
Exec=gksudo -k -u root "/home/YOUR_USER/pycharm/bin/pycharm.sh" %f
Comment=Develop with pleasure!
Categories=Development;IDE;
Terminal=false
StartupWMClass=jetbrains-pycharm-ce

• ce indicates community edition, yours may differ.