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copied!<h2>The basics</h2> <p>(disclaimer: the following was tested with kubuntu, you might need to make some adjustments for your system)</p> <p>Actually there is a standard to do that, not just for Ubuntu but for any number of *nix systems. Consult: <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Howto_desktop_files" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Howto_desktop_files</a>:</p> <p>Lets assume you have your <code>foo.bin</code> file you want to deploy. According to the <a href="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Filesystem Hierarchy Standard</a>, a good place to put it (if you are not using a package manager) is <code>/usr/local/bin/</code>. You will also need an icon, I will assume your artistic talent produced <code>foo.png</code>, and a good place for it might be <code>/usr/local/share/icons/</code>.</p> <p>Now you need to create <code>foo.desktop</code> that might look like this:</p> <pre><code>[Desktop Entry] Comment=My awesome fooish application Exec=/usr/local/bin/foo.bin Icon=/usr/local/share/icons/foo.png Name=Foobar NoDisplay=false StartupNotify=false Terminal=1 TerminalOptions= Type=Application </code></pre> <p>and put it in <code>/usr/share/applications/</code>.</p> <p>You might be able to use your menu editor to create such a file. Look for the generated desktop file under <code>~/.local/share/applications/</code>.</p> <p>This should do the trick.</p> <hr> <p>Another convention is to put everything under <code>/opt/foo/</code> and create symbolic links to <code>/usr/local/</code>.</p> <h1>Cross DE with Portland</h1> <p>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Project" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Portland project</a> provides the <code>xdg-*</code> command line utilities that make it easy to install the application's icon / menu entry / resource file, in a DE (GNOME, KDE, etc) independent way.</p> <p>See the <a href="http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/tutorials/kde-gnome-cross-desktop-development/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">KDE & GNOME cross-desktop development tutorial</a> on linuxuser.co.uk.</p> <h1>A better way</h1> <p>For deployment you should consider creating a <code>*.deb</code> package. (with your executable, <code>*.desktop</code> file and icon). There are several tutorials on this subject e.g. <a href="http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/Linux-For-Devices-Articles/How-to-make-deb-packages/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/Linux-For-Devices-Articles/How-to-make-deb-packages/</a>.</p> <p>Note that if you are using a package manager, the convention for file location becomes <code>/usr/</code> instead of <code>/usr/local/</code>.</p> <h1>Go all the way</h1> <p>The next step, if you are inclined to take it, is setup your own repository, or <a href="https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PPA</a>.</p>

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