Ubuntu package doesn't appear in dash

[jonathon-love]

Hi,

I have created some packages, and placed them in my PPA

https://launchpad.net/~jonathon-love...ve/ubuntu/jasp

They install correctly, however, I'm having difficulty getting the program to appear in the dash.

My menu file (placed inside the debian directory)

?package(jasp): needs="X11" section="Applications/Science/Data Analysis" title="JASP" icon="/usr/share/pixmaps/jasp.xpm" command="/usr/lib/JASP/JASP"

and if i scroll to the bottom of the build log, i see that it is placed into the .deb file correctly:

https://launchpadlibrarian.net/21371...UILDING.txt.gz

However, when I install this package, and type 'JASP' into the dash, i don't get the option to execute this package.

Any ideas what I might be doing wrong?

I wondered if I needed to add a call to the debian 'update-menus' script, but it doesn't seem to be installed in ubuntu.

with thanks

[jonathon-love]

ah, ok, i needed to add a desktop entry file:

http://standards.freedesktop.org/des...ec-latest.html

jonathon