Need a tool to edit your apps in the start menu, main menu, or Gnome overview search results? Try MenuLibre!
In most Linux, all app icons you see in start menu, dock launcher, and the desktop, are handled by .desktop config files. By editing the file, you can change the app icon, name, hide the app, add right-click menu option, and choose which file types to be associated with.
I’m written about how to configure .desktop file using a single command.
For graphical ways, there are quite a few apps to do the job, and here are 3 of them:
- Arronax – well known, but seems not being updated. Though, it’s still working.
- AppEditor – Elementary OS style tool to edit desktop menu entries. However, lacks pre-build packages.
- MenuLibre – the one I’m going to introduce in this tutorial.
MenuLibre is an advanced tool written in Python and GTK3 toolkit. With it, user can get started by either searching or browsing in left to select app to edit, or click “+” in top left to create new menu entry for your app.
