diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 47ec85d06..5164ba505 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ include(CheckIncludeFile)
 include(gbversion.cmake)
 project(gpsbabel LANGUAGES C CXX VERSION ${GB.VERSION})
 
+if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+  include(GNUInstallDirs)
+endif()
+
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED True)
 
@@ -493,3 +497,6 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
                     VERBATIM
                     USES_TERMINAL)
 endif()
+if(_GPSBABEL_INSTALL)
+  install(TARGETS gpsbabel DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
+endif()
diff --git a/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c88b56ce..e18167b6f 100755
--- a/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -329,3 +329,17 @@ else()
     endif()
   endif()
 endif()
+if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
+  if (((GPSBABEL_GOOGLE_MAPPREVIEW AND GPSBABEL_EMBED_MAP) OR NOT GPSBABEL_GOOGLE_MAPPREVIEW) AND GPSBABEL_EMBED_TRANSLATIONS)
+    set(_GPSBABEL_INSTALL ON PARENT_SCOPE)
+    install(TARGETS gpsbabelfe DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
+    # you probably don't need to run update-desktop-database on ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/applications as our desktop file doesn't have MimeTypes.
+    install(FILES gpsbabelfe.desktop DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/applications)
+    # you may need to run gtk-update-icon-cache on ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/icons/hicolor, possibly with -t or equivalently with --ignore-theme-index.
+    foreach(resolution 16 22 24 32 48 64 128 256)
+      install(FILES "images/appicon-${resolution}x${resolution}.png" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/icons/hicolor/${resolution}x${resolution}/apps" RENAME "gpsbabelfe.png")
+    endforeach()
+  else()
+    message(WARNING "\"cmake --install\" not supported.  The file gpsbabel.html is expected to be installed in the same directory as gpsbablefe.  The gpsbable(fe) translations are expected to be in the translations sub-directory of the directory that gpsbabelfe is installed in.  This is problematic with GNU Coding Standards.  Use GPSBABLE_EMBED_MAP and GPSBABEL_EMBED_TRANSLATIONS.")
+  endif()
+endif()
diff --git a/gui/genpngs.sh b/gui/genpngs.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..cb2512e63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/genpngs.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+commondims=(16 22 24 32 48 64 128 256)
+for dim in "${commondims[@]}"
+do
+  dims=${dim}x${dim}
+  mkdir -p "images/hicolor/${dims}/apps"
+  cp images/appicon.png "images/appicon-${dims}.png"
+  mogrify -resize "${dims}>" -background none -gravity center -extent "${dims}" "images/appicon-${dims}.png"
+done
diff --git a/gui/gpsbabel.desktop b/gui/gpsbabelfe.desktop
similarity index 91%
rename from gui/gpsbabel.desktop
rename to gui/gpsbabelfe.desktop
index fe956c2b7..91892cfae 100644
--- a/gui/gpsbabel.desktop
+++ b/gui/gpsbabelfe.desktop
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Type=Application
 Name=GPSBabel
 Comment=Qt GUI interface for GPSBabel
 GenericName=GPSBabel
-Icon=gpsbabel
+Icon=gpsbabelfe
 Exec=gpsbabelfe
 Terminal=false
 Categories=Geography;Education;Utility;
diff --git a/gui/images/appicon-128x128.png b/gui/images/appicon-128x128.png
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diff --git a/gui/images/appicon-22x22.png b/gui/images/appicon-22x22.png
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diff --git a/gui/images/appicon-24x24.png b/gui/images/appicon-24x24.png
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diff --git a/gui/images/appicon-256x256.png b/gui/images/appicon-256x256.png
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diff --git a/gui/images/appicon-32x32.png b/gui/images/appicon-32x32.png
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diff --git a/gui/images/appicon-48x48.png b/gui/images/appicon-48x48.png
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index 000000000..bc6ddfe80
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diff --git a/gui/images/appicon-64x64.png b/gui/images/appicon-64x64.png
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index 000000000..671b86300
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diff --git a/snap/gui/gpsbabel.png b/snap/gui/gpsbabel.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f37f68fa..000000000
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diff --git a/snap/gui/gpsbabel.desktop b/snap/gui/gpsbabelfe.desktop
similarity index 83%
rename from snap/gui/gpsbabel.desktop
rename to snap/gui/gpsbabelfe.desktop
index 3f90c710a..1ef407895 100644
--- a/snap/gui/gpsbabel.desktop
+++ b/snap/gui/gpsbabelfe.desktop
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Type=Application
 Name=GPSBabel
 Comment=Qt GUI interface for GPSBabel
 GenericName=GPSBabel
-Icon=${SNAP}/meta/gui/gpsbabel.png
+Icon=${SNAP}/meta/gui/gpsbabelfe.png
 Exec=gpsbabel.gpsbabelfe
 Terminal=false
 Categories=Geography;Education;Utility;
diff --git a/snap/gui/gpsbabelfe.png b/snap/gui/gpsbabelfe.png
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