How To Create Desktop Launchers in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot

In Ubuntu, you can create shortcuts to your favorite applications and system locations right on the desktop. These shortcuts are the desktop launchers to quickly launch your favorite applications and system locations such as Home folder. But, Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot does not allow you to create desktop launchers by right clicking on the desktop like in the previous Ubuntu versions. In this post, we will show you how to create desktop launchers in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot.

To get started, make sure the gnome-panel package is installed by running the following commands in the terminal.

sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends gnome-panel

Now run the following command in the terminal to launch Create Launcher dialog.

gnome-desktop-item-edit ~/Desktop/ --create-new

You can also press ALT + F2 and run the dialog. Once the Create Launcher dialog appears, you can give a suitable name for the launcher.In the Command field , type in the command to launch the application.

Then, click OK to create the desktop launcher. In this way, you can create desktop launchers in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot.

UPDATE: Now, you can create desktop launchers in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot from right click context menu also. You can read instructions in this post on how to create desktop launchers from right click context menu.

You can also create desktop shortcut to your favorite website with the instructions on this post on how to create desktop shortcut to your favorite website in Ubuntu 11.10 .

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