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01-31-2004, 06:55 PM
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Member
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: lafayette, la
Distribution: RHL 6.2, FC 3, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04
Posts: 112
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adding applications to main menu
i have linux rh 9 with gnome.
how do i add applications to the sub menus of the main menu?
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01-31-2004, 07:14 PM
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Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Australia
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 465
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1. Open up nautilus
2. In the location bar, type "applications://"
3. add symbolic links to the programs you want
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02-01-2004, 03:07 AM
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Member
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: lafayette, la
Distribution: RHL 6.2, FC 3, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04
Posts: 112
Original Poster
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how do i make symbolic links? there is nothing in any of the menus that suggest the ability to do so. when i try to open the new launcher selection in the pulldown brought on by the right click, nothing happens, even as root. when i try to copy a launcher, i get an unsupported action.
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02-01-2004, 03:45 AM
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Member
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Australia
Distribution: Gentoo
Posts: 465
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Oops, sorry, you don't actually want to create symbolic links. Instead:
3. Right click in the window.
4. Choose "Create Launcher" (If you want to create a submenu, go "Create Folder" instead.
5. Fill in the values you want and click OK
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02-01-2004, 04:31 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Distribution: Ubuntu, Debian, Various using VMWare
Posts: 2,088
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When I try to do this (as user or root) I get an error - "Unsupported Opperation."
However if I edit the ".desktop" files in /usr/share/applications, I have no problems and the changes are reflected immediately.
Could someone please explain why this is???
Thanks in Advance
From Ian
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09-10-2007, 03:52 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Sep 2007
Posts: 2
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Sometimes when installing applications the links are not created by default. To add one manually follow these steps:
$ cd /usr/share/applications
$ sudo nano myapp.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name = myapp
Comment = My Aplication
Exec = /usr/bin/myapp
Icon = /usr/share/myapp/myapp.png
Terminal = false
Type = Application
Categories = Application;AudioVideo;
Ctrl+O to save the changes
(There are more parameters but im not gonna write them all)
The most important parameters are Exec, Icon, Terminal and Categories.
Exec: The application launcher.
Icon: The icon path
Terminal: true if requires terminal
Categories: This one sets where the launcher will be shown.
Now if you go to Applications->Sound & Video you will see the MyApp launcher.
enjoy!
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