Alacarte - Add Software To The Main Menu

You might want to know how to customize your main Applications menu, so here it is.

1. Install the alacarte tool:

apt-get install alacarte

2. Now Start Alacarte using command:

alacarte

The Main Menu dialog shows you the list of the first-rank menu items. In this example, we are going to put Firefox Quantum into the menu structure, so do the following:

3. Go to the location and click on New Item (In this example I am in [Usual Applications/Internet]).

4. Put in the name and full path to the tool.

5. Optionally, add a comment that will show as a Tool-Tip when you mouse over the tool.

6. Click on the Upper-Left Corner of the dialog to Add or Change the icon for the tool.

7. Click the Ok Button.