unable to create new launcher

Question

I cannot create a new launcher anywhere (either in the normal GNOME desktop or Unity).

No action when I right-click the desktop and select Create Launcher....

At last I tried to create launcher, and I got the following error message:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/alacarte/Alacarte/MainWindow.py", line 312, in on_new_item_button_clicked
    process = subprocess.Popen(['gnome-desktop-item-edit', file_path], env=os.environ)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 672, in __init__
    errread, errwrite)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1213, in _execute_child
    raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 2] Directory or file does not exist.

What is wrong?

Answer 1

As you yourself stated in a comment, the solution is to install gnome-panel

sudo apt-get install gnome-panel should do the trick.