diff --git a/assets/installUbuntu.sh b/assets/installUbuntu.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd ..
+
+EXEC=$(pwd)/novelWriter.py
+EXEC=$(echo $EXEC | sed 's_/_\\/_g')
+
+sed "s/%%exec%%/$EXEC/g" assets/novelwriter.desktop > /usr/share/applications/novelwriter.desktop
+
+cp -v assets/icons/24x24/novelwriter.png     /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/
+cp -v assets/icons/48x48/novelwriter.png     /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/
+cp -v assets/icons/96x96/novelwriter.png     /usr/share/icons/hicolor/96x96/apps/
+cp -v assets/icons/256x256/novelwriter.png   /usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/
+cp -v assets/icons/512x512/novelwriter.png   /usr/share/icons/hicolor/512x512/apps/
+#cp -v assets/icons/1024x1024/novelwriter.png /usr/share/icons/hicolor/1024x1024/apps/
+cp -v assets/icons/novelwriter.svg           /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/
+cp -v assets/icons/x-novelwriter-project.svg /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/mimetypes/application-x-novelwriter-project.svg
+cp -v assets/mime/x-novelwriter-project.xml  /usr/share/mime/packages/
+
+update-mime-database /usr/share/mime/
+update-icon-caches /usr/share/icons/*