How-to Create/Add Manually an Application Launcher on Linux Mint 13 Maya Xfce
August 25th, 2012 by RegazThis Article Shows You How-to Create/Add Manually an Application Launcher in the Main Applications Menu on Linux Mint 13 Maya Xfce.
The Process Require a Little Patience and a Minimal Skill to be Successfully Replicated.
To Make the Entire Process Easier to Visualize and Retain the Post Includes the Basic Screenshots of the Essentials Steps Involved.
The Content give Focus Only to the Essentials Instructions and Commands to make it Easier to Understand;)
We Will Limit to Use the Categories Already Present Into the Applications Menu Without to Add Any New One.
- Open a Terminal Window
- Open with Gedit as SuperUser an Existing Launcher on Directory:
/usr/share/applications
For Example Open the Firefox Launcher:
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
There you Find a Trace of what you Need to Transform for to Obtain your New Launcher.
- Modify at Least:
- Name: The Name
- Comment: The Description
- Exec: The Command
The Icon:
The Icon need to be of SVG (Scalable-Vector-Graphics) 48×48 type and located Into the Directory: /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
How-to Easy Find/Search Files/Directories/Images on Linux:
Linux How-to Use the LocateCommandSet the Category
The Setup Make Use of Keywords that Map to the Correspondent Categories.
The Category’s Keywords to Use are those Below:
- Network for Network Category
- AudioVideo for Multimedia Category
- Utility for Accessories Category
- Office for Office Category
- Settings for Settings Category
- System for System Category
Clean the Remaining Trash Chunks.
- Save As New Launcher
newapplication.desktop
- Find your Newly Created Application Launcher
Here Below Link to Article with Tutorial 4 Locating Files/Icons Under Linux..
Howto Install Firefox Nightly on Linux Mint 12-13:
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