How do I add program icons into DASH Menu in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
I have downloaded the newest LibreOffice software and need some help with icons.
Does the Ubuntu software store add titles frequently: I didn't see a newer title I could get from the software makers site? Thanks, Donald
To add an icon to the dash you can make custom icons and put them into ~/.local/share/applications.
Simply copy and paste this template into gedit (or another text editor) and save it as libreoffice.desktop into the folder.
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Libre Offce
Comment=Office Application
Exec=libre-office
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/libreoffice.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Keywords=libre;office;writer;
Categories=Office
If you want it so the icon is available for all users, put the .desktop file in /usr/share/applications.
The Categories=Office bit means it will show up under "Office" in the dash. If the icon is in /usr/share/pixmaps/libreoffice.png then actually you can just write Icon=libreoffice, there's no need for the full path, but only if it's in that path. Don't know if that works in Gnome 3 though.
If you have translations for the language you can specify them using something like the following:
Name[en_GB]=Libre Office
And replace [en_GB] with the code for each language.
Install the Main Menu program, its package name is alacarte:
sudo apt-get install alacarte
Open it from the Dash by typing Main Menu. It shows all the programs which are installed in the Dash. You can do these operations from here:
