Create menu items for non-repo apps

[toniocus]

I installed eclipse in /opt directory, not from repository (and I have a lot more applications in /opt not from the repository).

So UNITY does not find them !!!!!!!!!!!!, how can I have a menu for them ?

Remember free software is about free software not about bundled applications
inside a given distribution.

And of course don't tell me add it to the DASH bar, I'll need to use a 2 meters height
monitor for it

Please tell me

[oldos2er]

Post moved to its own thread.

[ibjsb4]

And of course don't tell me add it to the DASH bar, I'll need to use a 2 meters height

six and a half feet :confused:

[stinkeye]

I installed eclipse in /opt directory, not from repository (and I have a lot more applications in /opt not from the repository).

So UNITY does not find them !!!!!!!!!!!!, how can I have a menu for them ?

Remember free software is about free software not about bundled applications
inside a given distribution.

And of course don't tell me add it to the DASH bar, I'll need to use a 2 meters height
monitor for it

Please tell me
Create a .desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications
and the dash will pick it up.
Other launchers like Kupfer will also pick it up.

eg My GuitarScaleExpert.desktop file...

#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=/opt/GuitarScaleExpert/GuitarScaleExpert
Name=GuitarScaleExpert
Icon=/home/glen/Pictures/guitar.png