Re: Installing/running non-Debian executables

[Dejan Jocic <jodejka@gmail.com>]

Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> writes:

> I'm running Jessie with Mate DE.
>
> I need to run the *IDENTICAL* versions of SeaMonkey (2.40) on both my
> Windows and Debian machines. Downloading the appropriate file,
> unpacking it, placing results in my Home folder, and marking seamonkey
> as executable goes well.
>
> Creating a launcher on desktop and test run shows no problem.
>
> How do I place the launcher on the Applications drop down menu?
>
> TIA

I do not have mate installed around, but as far as I can remember:

Right click menu and select Edit menu, then category where your app
laucher should go, then something like add new item, name of app and
where it requires path to executable file.