https://aldats.dev/blog/launch-qualcoder-without-terminal

Creating the QualCoder Script

1. Create a file named qualcoder in your preferred text editor.
2. Copy the Bash script below and paste it into the qualcoder file.
   
   #!/bin/bash

QUALCODER_DIRECTORY="/home/aldats/Documents/qualcoder"

source $QUALCODER_DIRECTORY/qualcoder/bin/activate
$QUALCODER_DIRECTORY/qualcoder/bin/qualcoder &
   
3. Replace the value for QUALCODER_DIRECTORY on line 3 with the full path to your QualCoder installation.
4. Mark the file qualcoder as executable. This can be done with the command chmod +x qualcoder.
5. Enter the command ./qualcoder. QualCoder should launch.

Moving the QualCoder Script to a PATH Directory

1. In a terminal, enter the command echo $PATH. This prints the value of your PATH variable.
2. Observe output similar to below. Paths are separated by a colon (:).
   /home/aldats/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin
3. Pick one of the paths in your PATH output. I picked /home/aldats/.local/bin.
4. Move your qualcoder script to the directory at the path you picked.
5. Open a new terminal.
6. In the new terminal, enter the command qualcoder. QualCoder should launch.

Second: Run QualCoder From a Launcher

On Linux, launchers generate a list of launchable programs by looking for special desktop files in directories like /usr/share/applications/ and ~/.local/share/applications/. If you make a desktop file for QualCoder in one of these directories, you can run QualCoder with a launcher.

1. Create a file named qualcoder.desktop in your preferred text editor.
2. Copy the below text and paste it into qualcoder.desktop.
   [Desktop Entry]
Name=QualCoder
Exec=qualcoder
Type=Application
StartupWMCClass=qualcoder
3. Move your qualcoder.desktop file to a directory your launcher will find desktop files in, like /usr/share/applications/ or ~/.local/share/applications/.
4. In your launcher, look up “QualCoder” and launch.