Add Application to Menus in GNOME or KDE Plasma

A simple overview because i keep fucking searching for this.

You must add a .desktop file in either of these places:

• /usr/share/applications/ for desktop entries available to every user in the system
• ~/.local/share/applications/ for desktop entries available to a single user

This is an example of a .desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Application Name
Comment=Application description
Icon=/path/to/icon.xpm
Exec=/path/to/application/executable
Terminal=false
Categories=Tags;Describing;Application

Here is the one we made for Blender on Arch:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Blender
Comment=Application description
Icon=/home/amber/Documents/blender-4.5.0-linux-x64/blender.svg
Exec=/home/amber/Documents/blender-4.5.0-linux-x64/blender
Terminal=false
Categories=Blender;Development;Art

Sources:

• https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/103213/how-can-i-add-an-application-to-the-gnome-application-menu