Can I change the image of the icons on my taskbar?

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Solution 1

Check this: Where are the Unity Launcher .desktop files?

Open the .desktop file you want the icon changed for and there will be a

[Desktop Entry]
Version=
Name=
Comment=
Exec=
Icon=

Obviously the file name behind "Icon=" is what you need to replace. From UnityLaunchersAndDesktopFiles:

Icon field is the icon that should be used by the launcher and represents the application. All icons that are under the directory /usr/share/pixmaps don't need to have their full path specified, but their filename without the extension. For example, if the icon file is /usr/share/pixmaps/wallch.png, then the Icon field should be just 'wallch'. All other icons should have their full path specified.

Solution 2

I use alacarte to create custom launchers for programs that come without installers or launchers etc.

Simply install using sudo apt-get install alacarte or search for it in the software centre.

This program will let you edit icons and create icons for commands or script files.

Here is an answer to a similar question with a more in-depth set of instructions on using alacarte.

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  • Koushik Chandra
    Koushik Chandra over 1 year

    I am using hadoop version 2.7.0, hive version 1.1.0, HBase version hbase-0.98.14-hadoop2.

    I have created a hbase table from hive successfully.

    hive (Koushik)> CREATE TABLE hive_hbase_emp_test(eid int, ename string, esal double) 
                  > STORED BY 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.hbase.HBaseStorageHandler'
                  > WITH SERDEPROPERTIES 
                  > ("hbase.columns.mapping" = ":key,cfstr:enm,cfsal:esl")
                  > TBLPROPERTIES ("hbase.table.name" = "hive_hbase_emp_test");
    OK
    Time taken: 0.874 seconds
    
    hbase(main):004:0> describe 'hive_hbase_emp_test'
    Table hive_hbase_emp_test is ENABLED                                                                                                            
    hive_hbase_emp_test                                                                                                                             
    COLUMN FAMILIES DESCRIPTION                                                                                                                     
    {NAME => 'cfsal', DATA_BLOCK_ENCODING => 'NONE', BLOOMFILTER => 'ROW', REPLICATION_SCOPE => '0', VERSIONS => '1', COMPRESSION => 'NONE', MIN_VER
    SIONS => '0', TTL => 'FOREVER', KEEP_DELETED_CELLS => 'FALSE', BLOCKSIZE => '65536', IN_MEMORY => 'false', BLOCKCACHE => 'true'}                
    {NAME => 'cfstr', DATA_BLOCK_ENCODING => 'NONE', BLOOMFILTER => 'ROW', REPLICATION_SCOPE => '0', VERSIONS => '1', COMPRESSION => 'NONE', MIN_VER
    SIONS => '0', TTL => 'FOREVER', KEEP_DELETED_CELLS => 'FALSE', BLOCKSIZE => '65536', IN_MEMORY => 'false', BLOCKCACHE => 'true'}                
    2 row(s) in 3.0650 seconds

    But when I am trying to load the table from hive it is failing.

    hive (Koushik)> INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE hive_hbase_emp_test SELECT empid,empname,empsal FROM hive_employee;
    Query ID = hduser_20150921110000_249675d5-9da7-49fe-b03e-3a2d813ac898
    Total jobs = 1
    Launching Job 1 out of 1
    Number of reduce tasks is set to 0 since there's no reduce operator
    Starting Job = job_1442836788507_0011, Tracking URL = http://localhost:8088/proxy/application_1442836788507_0011/
    Kill Command = /usr/local/hadoop/bin/hadoop job  -kill job_1442836788507_0011
    Hadoop job information for Stage-0: number of mappers: 1; number of reducers: 0
    2015-09-21 11:01:39,041 Stage-0 map = 0%,  reduce = 0%
    2015-09-21 11:02:39,429 Stage-0 map = 0%,  reduce = 0%
    2015-09-21 11:02:45,814 Stage-0 map = 100%,  reduce = 0%
    Ended Job = job_1442836788507_0011 with errors
    Error during job, obtaining debugging information...
    Examining task ID: task_1442836788507_0011_m_000000 (and more) from job job_1442836788507_0011
    
    Task with the most failures(4): 
    -----
    Task ID:
      task_1442836788507_0011_m_000000
    
    URL:
      http://0.0.0.0:8088/taskdetails.jsp?jobid=job_1442836788507_0011&tipid=task_1442836788507_0011_m_000000
    -----
    Diagnostic Messages for this Task:
    Error: java.lang.RuntimeException: Error in configuring object
    	at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.setJobConf(ReflectionUtils.java:112)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.setConf(ReflectionUtils.java:78)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.newInstance(ReflectionUtils.java:136)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask.runOldMapper(MapTask.java:449)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapTask.run(MapTask.java:343)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.YarnChild$2.run(YarnChild.java:163)
    	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    	at javax.security.auth.Subject.doAs(Subject.java:415)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.security.UserGroupInformation.doAs(UserGroupInformation.java:1657)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.YarnChild.main(YarnChild.java:158)
    Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
    	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.setJobConf(ReflectionUtils.java:109)
    	... 9 more
    Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Error in configuring object
    	at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.setJobConf(ReflectionUtils.java:112)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.setConf(ReflectionUtils.java:78)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.newInstance(ReflectionUtils.java:136)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.mapred.MapRunner.configure(MapRunner.java:38)
    	... 14 more
    Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
    	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.util.ReflectionUtils.setJobConf(ReflectionUtils.java:109)
    	... 17 more
    Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Map operator initialization failed
    	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.mr.ExecMapper.configure(ExecMapper.java:147)
    	... 22 more
    Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.lazy.LazyUtils.getByte(Ljava/lang/String;B)B
    	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.lazy.LazySerDeParameters.collectSeparators(LazySerDeParameters.java:223)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.serde2.lazy.LazySerDeParameters.<init>(LazySerDeParameters.java:90)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.hbase.HBaseSerDeParameters.<init>(HBaseSerDeParameters.java:95)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.hbase.HBaseSerDe.initialize(HBaseSerDe.java:117)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.FileSinkOperator.initializeOp(FileSinkOperator.java:344)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Operator.initialize(Operator.java:385)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Operator.initialize(Operator.java:469)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Operator.initializeChildren(Operator.java:425)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.SelectOperator.initializeOp(SelectOperator.java:65)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Operator.initialize(Operator.java:385)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Operator.initialize(Operator.java:469)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Operator.initializeChildren(Operator.java:425)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.TableScanOperator.initializeOp(TableScanOperator.java:193)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Operator.initialize(Operator.java:385)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.MapOperator.initializeOp(MapOperator.java:427)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.Operator.initialize(Operator.java:385)
    	at org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.mr.ExecMapper.configure(ExecMapper.java:126)
    	... 22 more
    
    
    FAILED: Execution Error, return code 2 from org.apache.hadoop.hive.ql.exec.mr.MapRedTask
    MapReduce Jobs Launched: 
    Stage-Stage-0: Map: 1   HDFS Read: 0 HDFS Write: 0 FAIL
    Total MapReduce CPU Time Spent: 0 msec

    The content of auxlib folder in hive is as below

    hduser@ubuntu:/usr/lib/hive/auxlib$ ls
    activation-1.1.jar
    aopalliance-1.0.jar
    apacheds-i18n-2.0.0-M15.jar
    apacheds-kerberos-codec-2.0.0-M15.jar
    api-asn1-api-1.0.0-M20.jar
    api-util-1.0.0-M20.jar
    asm-3.1.jar
    avro-1.7.4.jar
    aws-java-sdk-1.7.4.jar
    azure-storage-2.0.0.jar
    commons-beanutils-1.7.0.jar
    commons-beanutils-core-1.8.0.jar
    commons-cli-1.2.jar
    commons-codec-1.7.jar
    commons-collections-3.2.1.jar
    commons-compress-1.4.1.jar
    commons-configuration-1.6.jar
    commons-daemon-1.0.13.jar
    commons-digester-1.8.jar
    commons-el-1.0.jar
    commons-httpclient-3.1.jar
    commons-io-2.4.jar
    commons-lang-2.6.jar
    commons-lang3-3.3.2.jar
    commons-logging-1.1.1.jar
    commons-math-2.1.jar
    commons-math3-3.1.1.jar
    commons-net-3.1.jar
    curator-client-2.7.1.jar
    curator-framework-2.7.1.jar
    curator-recipes-2.7.1.jar
    findbugs-annotations-1.3.9-1.jar
    gmbal-api-only-3.0.0-b023.jar
    grizzly-framework-2.1.2.jar
    grizzly-http-2.1.2.jar
    grizzly-http-server-2.1.2.jar
    grizzly-http-servlet-2.1.2.jar
    grizzly-rcm-2.1.2.jar
    gson-2.2.4.jar
    guava-12.0.1.jar
    guice-3.0.jar
    guice-servlet-3.0.jar
    hadoop-annotations-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-ant-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-archives-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-auth-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-aws-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-azure-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-client-2.2.0.jar
    hadoop-common-2.2.0.jar
    hadoop-datajoin-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-distcp-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-extras-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-gridmix-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-hdfs-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-hdfs-2.7.0-tests.jar
    hadoop-hdfs-nfs-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-mapreduce-client-app-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-mapreduce-client-common-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-mapreduce-client-core-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs-plugins-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient-2.7.0-tests.jar
    hadoop-mapreduce-client-shuffle-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-mapreduce-examples-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-openstack-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-rumen-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-sls-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-streaming-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-yarn-api-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-yarn-applications-unmanaged-am-launcher-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-yarn-client-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-yarn-common-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-yarn-registry-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-yarn-server-applicationhistoryservice-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-yarn-server-common-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-yarn-server-sharedcachemanager-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-yarn-server-tests-2.7.0.jar
    hadoop-yarn-server-web-proxy-2.7.0.jar
    hamcrest-core-1.3.jar
    hbase-annotations-0.98.14-hadoop2.jar
    hbase-checkstyle-0.98.14-hadoop2.jar
    hbase-client-0.98.14-hadoop2.jar
    hbase-common-0.98.14-hadoop2.jar
    hbase-common-0.98.14-hadoop2-tests.jar
    hbase-examples-0.98.14-hadoop2.jar
    hbase-hadoop2-compat-0.98.14-hadoop2.jar
    hbase-hadoop-compat-0.98.14-hadoop2.jar
    hbase-it-0.98.14-hadoop2.jar
    hbase-it-0.98.14-hadoop2-tests.jar
    hbase-prefix-tree-0.98.14-hadoop2.jar
    hbase-protocol-0.98.14-hadoop2.jar
    hbase-resource-bundle-0.98.14-hadoop2.jar
    hbase-rest-0.98.14-hadoop2.jar
    hbase-server-0.98.14-hadoop2.jar
    hbase-server-0.98.14-hadoop2-tests.jar
    hbase-shell-0.98.14-hadoop2.jar
    hbase-testing-util-0.98.14-hadoop2.jar
    hbase-thrift-0.98.14-hadoop2.jar
    high-scale-lib-1.1.1.jar
    hive-hbase-handler-1.2.1.jar
    hive-serde-1.2.1.jar
    htrace-core-2.04.jar
    htrace-core-3.1.0-incubating.jar
    httpclient-4.1.3.jar
    httpclient-4.2.5.jar
    httpcore-4.1.3.jar
    httpcore-4.2.5.jar
    jackson-annotations-2.2.3.jar
    jackson-core-2.2.3.jar
    jackson-core-asl-1.8.8.jar
    jackson-core-asl-1.9.13.jar
    jackson-databind-2.2.3.jar
    jackson-jaxrs-1.8.8.jar
    jackson-jaxrs-1.9.13.jar
    jackson-mapper-asl-1.8.8.jar
    jackson-mapper-asl-1.9.13.jar
    jackson-xc-1.9.13.jar
    jamon-runtime-2.3.1.jar
    jasper-compiler-5.5.23.jar
    jasper-runtime-5.5.23.jar
    javax.inject-1.jar
    java-xmlbuilder-0.4.jar
    javax.servlet-3.1.jar
    javax.servlet-api-3.0.1.jar
    jaxb-api-2.2.2.jar
    jaxb-impl-2.2.3-1.jar
    jcodings-1.0.8.jar
    jersey-client-1.8.jar
    jersey-core-1.8.jar
    jersey-core-1.9.jar
    jersey-grizzly2-1.9.jar
    jersey-guice-1.9.jar
    jersey-json-1.9.jar
    jersey-server-1.9.jar
    jersey-test-framework-core-1.9.jar
    jersey-test-framework-grizzly2-1.9.jar
    jets3t-0.9.0.jar
    jettison-1.1.jar
    jettison-1.3.1.jar
    jetty-6.1.26.jar
    jetty-sslengine-6.1.26.jar
    jetty-util-6.1.26.jar
    joda-time-2.7.jar
    joni-2.1.2.jar
    jruby-complete-1.6.8.jar
    jsch-0.1.42.jar
    jsp-2.1-6.1.14.jar
    jsp-api-2.1-6.1.14.jar
    jsp-api-2.1.jar
    jsr305-3.0.0.jar
    junit-4.11.jar
    leveldbjni-all-1.8.jar
    libthrift-0.9.0.jar
    log4j-1.2.17.jar
    management-api-3.0.0-b012.jar
    metrics-core-3.0.1.jar
    mockito-all-1.8.5.jar
    netty-3.6.6.Final.jar
    paranamer-2.3.jar
    protobuf-java-2.5.0.jar
    servlet-api-2.5-6.1.14.jar
    servlet-api-2.5.jar
    slf4j-api-1.6.4.jar
    slf4j-log4j12-1.6.4.jar1
    snappy-java-1.0.4.1.jar
    stax-api-1.0-2.jar
    xmlenc-0.52.jar
    xz-1.0.jar
    zookeeper-3.4.6.jar

    What's I am missing here??

  • Koushik Chandra
    Koushik Chandra over 8 years
    Actually I made a mistake. I have kept hive-hbase-handler-1.2.1.jar & hive-serde-1.2.1.jar in the auxlib path, which was causing the problem. When I removed 1.2.1 version of jars and then it is working fine with hive-hbase-handler-1.1.0.jar & hive-serde-1.1.0.jar. So the problem resolved with hive version 1.1.0 only (with habse version 0.98.14 and hadoop version 2.7.0).
  • Afshin Moazami
    Afshin Moazami over 8 years
    That make sense because hive-hbase-hbandler-1.2.1 doesn't work with Hive 1.1.0
  • Jon Andrews
    Jon Andrews almost 7 years
    Could you give some clarity on that. I didnt get that removing jars part. Iam facing the same problem