I’m talking about using systemd on Ubuntu 17.10.

  • write a config file named with ‘.service’ postfix in directory /usr/lib/systemd/system. It’s ok to create the last level directory. e.g.
[Unit]
Description=XXXXXXXX

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/home/****

[Install]
WantedBy=graphical.target
  • run systemctl enable the_file_name
  • done

to check all config units :systemctl list-units to see logs : systemctl status the_service_name

It appears that if a console application is what you want to run, use simple as type, not forking.
I found the explanation is not some how not what is means, well?
As I’m using this on desktop, I choose graphical.target. Pick target according to your need.

In case you wanna use a python script but encounter ‘no … module’, check os.sys.path and use a export PYTHONPATH=’missing one’ before the script. This is useful if python script is install by pip.