How to create a launcher for a manually extracted program in Ubuntu

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Say we have a latest Blender extracted from the download package. We want to create a launcher for Blender so that we can start it from the Unity Dash or App Menu.

Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal. When it opens, run command to create .desktop file and edit it with Gedit text editor:

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/blender-2.7.desktop

When the file opens, paste below into it and save.

[Desktop Entry]

Name=Blender-2.78

Name[de]=Blender-2.78

Name[fr]=Blender-2.78

GenericName=3D modeller

GenericName[de]=3D Modellierer

GenericName[fr]=modeleur 3D

GenericName[ru]=Редактор 3D-моделей

Comment=Create and edit 3D models and animations

Comment[de]=Erstellen und Editieren von 3D Modellen und Animationen

Comment[fr]=Création et édition d'objets 3D et animations

Comment[ru]=Создание и редактирование трёхмерных моделей и анимаций

Exec=/path/to/blender/blender

Icon=/path/to/blender/icons/scalable/apps/blender.svg

Terminal=false

Type=Application

Categories=Graphics;3DGraphics;

StartupNotify=false

MimeType=application/x-blender;