Add a launcher application shortcuts to Ubuntu Dash menu and the Dock

Ri Xu June 22, 2013 Coding, Linux No Comments

In /usr/share/applications/directory to create application-name.desktop file, edit the file as follows.

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Application-name
GenericName=Application-name
Comment=describe-text
Exec=/home/application-install-location
Terminal=false
MimeType=text/plain;
Icon=/home/application-icon-location
Categories=Internet;
StartupNotify=true
Actions=Window;Developer;
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