Install a application and get it on Launcher¶

1. First download the tar package and then extract in the /usr/local/ folder.

2. After that Export path variables if necessary.

3. After that go to /usr/share/applications and create a your-application.desktop and add the content similar to the given below

   [Desktop Entry]
   Version=1.0
   Type=Application
   Terminal=true
   Name=Android Studio
   Comment=Launches Android Studio
   Icon=/usr/local/android-studio/bin/studio.png
   Exec=/usr/local/android-studio/bin/studio.sh
   X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.26
   

   after this check if it is running 4. desktop-file-validate android-studio.desktop 5. install the file by sudo desktop-file-install android-studio.desktop This is an example of getting application to the launcher.

Reference: medium