The Steps

  1. Open terminal or console linux and type code below

    sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/application_name.desktop

    Notes:

    • application_name: The application that we show in Application Menu.
    • gedit: Text editor like nano/vi.

  2. Add Config to the text editor:

    [Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Exec=/home/helmiz/tools/eclipse/eclipse
Icon=/home/helmiz/tools/eclipse/icon.xpm
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Comment=Eclipse Integrated Development Environment
Name=Eclipse 2019
GenericName=eclipse-2019-12-R
StartupNotify=false
Categories=Development;IDE;Java;

    Notes:

    • Exec: Path file where our application saved.
    • Icon: Path file where our application icon saved.
    • Name: Name of our application.
    • GenericName: Name of our application with version.
    • Comment: Description of our application.

  3. Save and quit the text editor application.

  4. Application will show in Application Menu. If it does not show, check again in the path file and icon file section.

Addition

  • (OPTIONAL) We can add website link in Application menu too with this code below:

    [Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=google-chrome http://google.com or xdg-open http://www.example.com/
Name=type the name of the shortcut
Icon=/path/to/your/photo or name of icon at /usr/share/icon
Categories=

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