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diff --git a/src/resources/icons/vnote.svg b/src/resources/icons/vnote.svg
index f956239c..5fcdf0f9 100644
--- a/src/resources/icons/vnote.svg
+++ b/src/resources/icons/vnote.svg
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
  <title>vnote</title>
  <g>
   <title>Layer 1</title>
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-  <path fill="#15ae67" stroke-width="null" stroke-dasharray="null" stroke-linejoin="null" stroke-linecap="null" d="m281.08756,379.17628l0,-280.60453l281.40245,280.60453l-281.40245,0z" stroke-opacity="0" stroke="#000000" id="svg_17" transform="rotate(-90 421.7887878417969,238.8740081787109) "/>
-  <path fill="#15ae67" stroke-width="null" stroke-dasharray="null" stroke-linejoin="null" stroke-linecap="null" d="m182.33522,619.21682l0,-198.20758l198.91257,198.20758l-198.91257,0z" stroke-opacity="0" id="svg_18" transform="rotate(45 281.79150390625006,520.113037109375) " stroke="#000000"/>
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diff --git a/src/src.pro b/src/src.pro
index 4134b0c9..8ea40d75 100644
--- a/src/src.pro
+++ b/src/src.pro
@@ -116,3 +116,40 @@ else:win32-g++:CONFIG(debug, debug|release): PRE_TARGETDEPS += $$OUT_PWD/../peg-
 else:win32:!win32-g++:CONFIG(release, debug|release): PRE_TARGETDEPS += $$OUT_PWD/../peg-highlight/release/peg-highlight.lib
 else:win32:!win32-g++:CONFIG(debug, debug|release): PRE_TARGETDEPS += $$OUT_PWD/../peg-highlight/debug/peg-highlight.lib
 else:unix: PRE_TARGETDEPS += $$OUT_PWD/../peg-highlight/libpeg-highlight.a
+
+## INSTALLS
+unix:!macx {
+    isEmpty(PREFIX): PREFIX = /usr
+    DATADIR = $${PREFIX}/share
+
+    # install desktop file
+    desktop.path = $${DATADIR}/applications
+    desktop.files += vnote.desktop
+
+    # install icons
+    icon16.path = $${DATADIR}/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps
+    icon16.files = resources/icons/16x16/vnote.png
+
+    icon32.path = $${DATADIR}/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps
+    icon32.files = resources/icons/32x32/vnote.png
+
+    icon48.path = $${DATADIR}/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps
+    icon48.files = resources/icons/48x48/vnote.png
+
+    icon64.path = $${DATADIR}/icons/hicolor/64x64/apps
+    icon64.files = resources/icons/64x64/vnote.png
+
+    icon128.path = $${DATADIR}/icons/hicolor/128x128/apps
+    icon128.files = resources/icons/128x128/vnote.png
+
+    icon256.path = $${DATADIR}/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps
+    icon256.files = resources/icons/256x256/vnote.png
+
+    iconsvg.path = $${DATADIR}/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
+    iconsvg.files = resources/icons/vnote.svg
+
+    target.path = $${PREFIX}/bin
+
+    INSTALLS += target desktop icon16 icon32 icon48 icon64 icon128 icon256 iconsvg
+    message("VNote will be installed in prefix $${PREFIX}")
+}
diff --git a/src/vnote.desktop b/src/vnote.desktop
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index 00000000..0cbaed18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/vnote.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+Version=1.0
+Name=VNote
+GenericName=Markdown Note
+Comment=Note-taking application for pleasant Markdown
+Icon=vnote
+Terminal=false
+Exec=VNote
+MimeType=text/markdown;
+Categories=Qt;Utility;TextEditor;Office;