I have copied an executable in /usr/bin a program that I'd like to use.
Of course I can launch it with the command line. However it doesn't appear in Unity when I open the dash, and I would like to add it.
How is it possible ?
You have to create a description, in a .desktop
file, under the ~/.local/share/applications
directory.
E.g. newprog.desktop
:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Exec=/usr/bin/NEWPROG
Hidden=false
Name=My-Fancy-Name
Comment=Something I never want to say :-)
You need to create a .desktop
file for your program (see How to make a launcher(.desktop file) for a binary file?) and put in into /usr/share/applications/
or ~/.local/share/applications/
.
Maybe the most simple way to do this is to use Arronax