Yes, indeed it seems gnome-desktop-item-edit
is removed from the gnome-panel
package, it won't be available for Ubuntu 19.10 (and most likely later releases).
As an workaround you can create .desktop
files by hand. Just create a blank text file and add the following lines to it for a simple one:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=<NAME OF THE APPLICATION>
Comment=<A SHORT DESCRIPTION>
Exec=<COMMAND-OR-FULL-PATH-TO-LAUNCH-THE-APPLICATION>
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Icon=<ICON NAME OR PATH TO ICON>
NoDisplay=false
Then rename the file as APPNAME.desktop
and right-click and select 'allow launching' (you may also have to make it executable).
Also the .desktop
files for installed applications are usually found in your /usr/share/applications/
directory (or /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/
for snap applications). You can copy a .desktop
file from there.
For a GUI alternative you may use alacarte
(aka 'Main Menu'). Install it by running (the 'universe' repo needs to be enabled)
sudo apt install alacarte
It creates a .desktop
launcher in your ~/.local/share/applications/
directory by default (and hence it makes the application available in your list of applications, so that you can launch it from your Activities overview or Applications overview). You can copy the created .desktop
file afterwards.
.desktop
launchers on 19.10 usinggnome-desktop-item-edit
whereas the edited part is about the failure to run a specific.desktop
launcher on 19.10. Questions should not be edited in a way that they change drastically (refer to this).