sometimes, there won't be any desktop icon was created after installing some software, now, it would be tried to generate one desktop icon manually, and the detailed operation as follows:
1. open terminal (depends on the system)
2. create one desktop usage item with the following command:
gvim a.desktop
3. fullfill the [matlab.deskop] with the following content, and take the creation of [matlab.desktop] as an example, and it's expected to change the content with your own expectations:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Matlab
Comment=mathmatic simulation
Keywords=matlab
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=true #terminal open at the same time
Type=Application
Categories=Development;Building;
Icon=/eda/Mathworks/Matlab/MATLAB_2021/matlab2021.jpeg #figure path
Exec=/eda/Mathworks/Matlab/MATLAB_2021/bin/matlab %F #software startup
4. check and save the created [a.desktop] by clicking the save button or with command '':wq'
5. with all above operations, there would be one desktop created successfully.