Adding Applications to "The System"?

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I'm not sure about this one, but hopefully this can help:

Why doesn't the program appear in Z menu pop up?

Most applications are told during nstallation process to create a .desktop entry and be added to the app menu. But not all software you install include this in the installation. This is more true when building from source. To add a program to the app menu, create a .desktop file in your ~/.local/share/applications directory. Just create a new document, then name it by that application name .desktop. As an example, if I was making one for gimp, it would be gimp.desktop. Within that document, …