Adding launcher/menu shortcut to Linux

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Sometimes you want a shortcut in/on the desktop launcher of your DE.

This is pretty simple, create a .desktop file with entry as shown below.

Remember, you must have the [Desktop Entry], Name, Exec, Type. If it is a script with some kind of interaction, select Terminal=True.

It can also be a good idea to select: Categories.

Here is my Unity.desktop file with the following content, adjust to whare your application/script and icon location:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=0.0.0f0
Name=Unity
Exec=/opt/Unity/Editor/Unity %F
Exec=/opt/Unity/Editor/Unity %U
Icon=/opt/Unity/unity-editor-icon.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Categories=Development;IDE;Application;
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/com.unity3d.kharma;

Next, if you want shortcut for current copy file to:

~/.local/share/applications

Or if you want it for all users, copy file to:

/usr/share/applications