Electrum update

So I updated electrum and saved it to persistence and opened that folder in terminal and typed the ./electrum and it opens the newest electrum But is there any way to make it always open that new version cause if I click the drop down from my top left in tails it just opens the old version ? What am I missing


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[3 Points] Xxavieer:

It's expected behaviour, as it's installed in userspace only and not integrated in your system.

What you can do is to create the directory /.local/share/applications/ in /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles/ and add a launcher by writing a desktop file. Call it electrum2 or whatever, to distinguish the old from the new one.

To do so, either open a terminal (the "regular one, not the root terminal) and execute the following 3 commands in that order:

mkdir -p /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles/.local/share/applications/


touch /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles/.local/share/applications/electrum2.desktop


gedit /live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/dotfiles/.local/share/applications/electrum2.desktop

It will open an empty text file named electrum2.desktop, paste in the following (Depending where you stored electrum, you'll may need to modify the exec path according to your actual set up):

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Electrum2
Exec=/home/amnesia/Persistent/Electrum-3.0.5/electrum
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=/home/amnesia/Persistent/Electrum-3.0.5/icons/electrum_launcher.png

or use the file manager to achieve the same if you feel more comfortable with it (enable "Show Hidden Files" in file managers settings).

Reboot and "Electrum2" should show and up in your application menu (in "Other" more than likely)and can be launched from there.

Edit:Formatting. Still sub optimal, but readable at least, I guess?

Edit 2: Quite obvious, but anyway: You need to enable "dotfiles" in "Configure persistent volume" for this to work.


[1 Points] 2ugly:

copy your original seed, delete old one, put the seed into the new version.