How To Add Application to App Tray in Ubuntu
How to use Alacarte
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Many Ubuntu applications that are downloaded from the internet don't get added to the launcher. Such applications are not searchable and require manual access through the file manager. alacarte
is a menu editor for the Gnome desktop. It allows you to add, remove and edit items in the Gnome menu.
Using Alacarte
Step 1: Install alacarte from the ubuntu repositories
sudo apt install alacarte
Step 2: Run alacarte from the terminal or using the command function: alt
+ f2
Step 3: Click the new item button
Step 4: Fill in the details for the application.
In the case of applications with executables, using the file picker
Use an image when available for the icon.
Here's a link to the icon I used for alacarte.
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