How to change the menu entries?

nomko · 2015-10-31 02:57:37

Hi everybody,

I installed a program which created an entry under section Other. To me, it would be far more logical to place this entry under section Multimedia. Question is rather simple: how can i modify manually the menu entries so that the program i installed doesn't appear under section Other but under menu section Multimedia? Is there a way/guide/tutorial?
Any help would be very much appreciated!

sixsixfive · 2015-10-31 09:38:44

either install a menudeitor(menulibre,mozo) or modify them by hand eg:

copy them to you local xdg applications path:

cp $sysprefix/share/applications/$applicationname.desktop ~/.local/share/applications

modfiy them with a text editor and change its category line:

Categories=AudioVideo;Player;Audio;

save it.

PS: sysprefix on debian and it derivates is /usr

nomko · 2015-10-31 14:04:29

sixsixfive wrote:

either install a menudeitor(menulibre,mozo) or modify them by hand eg:
copy them to you local xdg applications path:
cp $sysprefix/share/applications/$applicationname.desktop ~/.local/share/applications
modfiy them with a text editor and change its category line:
Categories=AudioVideo;Player;Audio;
save it.

PS: sysprefix on debian and it derivates is /usr

I have no clue what you mean. But it looks likes it solved itself after a reboot. Thanks anyway!

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How to change the menu entries?

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