GNOME add desktop launcher

   All menu items for gnome desktop are stored in the following locations:

 

 

/usr/share/applications/

   To create a new menu item, create a new file with the suffix .desktop directly in the directory.

 

vi /usr/share/applications/newitem.desktop

   The contents of the file are as follows:

 

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=My Program
Icon=/some/path
Exec=/home/danny/some/path/myprog/prog
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Categories = Network; WebBrowser;

For a more detailed description of Desktop Entry, please see: https://developer.gnome.org/desktop-entry-spec/