{"id":9295,"date":"2019-09-01T12:59:19","date_gmt":"2019-09-01T12:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=9295"},"modified":"2024-01-17T14:55:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T14:55:53","slug":"appeditor-simple-tool-edit-application-menu-entries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2019\/09\/appeditor-simple-tool-edit-application-menu-entries\/","title":{"rendered":"AppEditor &#8211; Simple Tool To Edit Application Menu Entries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9296\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/appeditor-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>AppEditor is an open-source tool allows you to edit application entries shown in application menu and their properties.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/donadigo\/appeditor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AppEditor<\/a> features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hide and show applications from the application menu<\/li>\n<li>Create new application entries<\/li>\n<li>Change application&#8217;s display name, icon and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/appeditor.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9297\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/appeditor-600x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/appeditor-600x377.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/appeditor-450x283.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/appeditor-768x483.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/appeditor.jpg 908w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>How to Install AppEditor in Ubuntu 18.04 \/ Higher:<\/h4>\n<p><b>UPDATE Jan, 2024: The steps below will install the Flatpak package, but it&#8217;s OLD. For the latest version, the only way is building from source.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal either via <b>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> keyboard shortcut or by searching for &#8216;terminal&#8217; from application menu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7926\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/launch-terminal-450x252.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/launch-terminal-450x252.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/launch-terminal.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Paste below command and run to install flatpak framework:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo apt-get install flatpak<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7912\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/flatpak-framework-600x74.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/flatpak-framework-600x74.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/flatpak-framework-450x56.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/flatpak-framework.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Add flathub repository, which hosts a large list of flatpak applications:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https:\/\/flathub.org\/repo\/flathub.flatpakrepo<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7913\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/flathub-repository-600x82.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/flathub-repository-600x82.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/flathub-repository-450x62.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/flathub-repository.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>4.<\/b> Finally install AppEditor via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">flatpak install flathub com.github.donadigo.appeditor<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9298\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/appeditor-flatpak-600x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/appeditor-flatpak-600x202.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/appeditor-flatpak-450x152.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/appeditor-flatpak-768x259.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/appeditor-flatpak.jpg 774w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once installed, launch the software from application menu and enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9299\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/launch-appeditor-450x249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/launch-appeditor-450x249.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/launch-appeditor.jpg 474w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Uninstall:<\/h4>\n<p>To remove AppEditor flatpak package, run command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">flatpak uninstall com.github.donadigo.appeditor<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AppEditor is an open-source tool allows you to edit application entries shown in application menu and their properties. 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