Menu (applications) entry duplicates

[forneus2]

Hi

My main menu button opens the categories of apps with some duplicates. For example, I have Web cam Viewer both under Graphics and Sound&Video, Document Viewer both under Office and Graphics. I installed Menulibre and tried to tweak the entries list, but when I turn off the app in one category it also disappears in the other.

Not really a big issue but still I would like to have my menu more organized and categorized properly.

Any solution?

I'm using Lubuntu 14.04

[vasa1]

Please note that Lubuntu 14.04 is no longer supported. While programs will still work, you won't receive security updates and that isn't a good thing!

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases#End_of_Life_.28EOL.29

[forneus2]

Please note that Lubuntu 14.04 is no longer supported. While programs will still work, you won't receive security updates and that isn't a good thing!

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases#End_of_Life_.28EOL.29

Sorry, I didn't quite specify. Mine is 14.04.1 and the support is until 2019.

[vasa1]

That applies for Ubuntu but not for most of the official flavors such as Lubuntu which are supported only for three years. The link I provided is for Ubuntu and I shouldn't have provided it because it deals only with Ubuntu

This is the appropriate link: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lu...GetLubuntu/LTS and since the parent (Ubuntu) is supported until 2019, you may get security updates. Sorry for the confusion!

[forneus2]

That applies for Ubuntu but not for most of the official flavors such as Lubuntu which are supported only for three years. The link I provided is for Ubuntu and I shouldn't have provided it because it deals only with Ubuntu

This is the appropriate link: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lu...GetLubuntu/LTS and since the parent (Ubuntu) is supported until 2019, you may get security updates. Sorry for the confusion!

Well, I'm good so far and the updates are coming. Anyway, can this issue with the menu (and libremenu) be solved? Again, it is not critical and I'm ready to just ignore it but... It's still better to be part of the solution than part of the problem

[vasa1]

Just an idea:
Copy a few of the .desktop files (of those applications which appear in more than one place) from /usr/share/applications to ~/.local/share/applications

Then look at the contents of a .desktop file using a plain text editor. In particular, look at the line beginning with Categories.

For example, in

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Gcolor2
GenericName=Gcolor2
Comment=Simple GTK2 color selector and picker
Exec=gcolor2
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/gcolor2/gcolor2.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Graphics;

gcolor2 will be classified under both "Application" and "Graphics".

As a test, delete Graphics (leaving the trailing ";" in place). Save the file (as a text file), close it. And now, gcolor2 shouldn't be seen under "Graphics" in your menu. There should be no need to log out or reboot.

The advantage of working with .desktop files copied over from /usr/share/applications is that you have the "original" intact but the version you've created in ~/.local/share/applications will be the one in effect.

[forneus2]

Just an idea:
Copy a few of the .desktop files (of those applications which appear in more than one place) from /usr/share/applications to ~/.local/share/applications

Then look at the contents of a .desktop file using a plain text editor. In particular, look at the line beginning with Categories.

For example, in

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Gcolor2
GenericName=Gcolor2
Comment=Simple GTK2 color selector and picker
Exec=gcolor2
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/gcolor2/gcolor2.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Graphics;

gcolor2 will be classified under both "Application" and "Graphics".

As a test, delete Graphics (leaving the trailing ";" in place). Save the file (as a text file), close it. And now, gcolor2 shouldn't be seen under "Graphics" in your menu. There should be no need to log out or reboot.

The advantage of working with .desktop files copied over from /usr/share/applications is that you have the "original" intact but the version you've created in ~/.local/share/applications will be the one in effect.

Thanks for the reply. This option you are suggesting is available in menulibre under each entry - deleting categories displayed - I had the same idea and tried to delete the irrelevant categories, but they still returned back upon the next menulibre start.. Do you think editing .desktop file directly would have a permanent effect?

I am also considering trying alacarte instead. I like menulibre more and it has better reviews from the community, but maybe alacarte editor can do what menulibre cannot? Is it ok to have these two installed at the same time?

[vasa1]

I don't know. I don't use either. They aren't present in a default Lubuntu.

[ajgreeny]

Yes, you can have both menulibre and alacarte installed with no conflicts, as I have done in the past.

I got very used to using alacarte years ago before I knew about menulibre and I used to find it simpler and easier to work with, but times change and I think either I have got more used to menulibre or it is simpler now than it was as that is what I use now if I need to.

[forneus2]

I upgraded to 16.04 and ran menulibre edit again. It worked fine. Seems that a newer Lubuntu version's menu is more responsive to editors. I guess the issue can be considered solved. Thanks everyone.