Some difficulties to create a lancher

[calixtus06]

Hello,
I tried to create a launcher in the menu for thunderbird using the menu editor.
I tried several orders in the menu editor :

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.//home/nicolas/telechargement/thunderbird/thunderbird

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./ / home / nicolas / download / thunderbird / thunderbird

with all rights of course:

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/ home / nicolas / download / thunderbird # chmod 777 *

checked with

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 ls -l

From the terminal it works: I move in the folder and run

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 ls -l

Should I move the executable?

Thanks
Nico from France

[manyroads]

Can you provide details on your setup? see the rules here: viewtopic.php?p=255062#p255062

The simple answer is that if you are using the default Thunderbird should already be on your XFCE Menus (I think I remember it being a default item... I could be wrong though.). If you install Thunderbird yourself using the MXPI Package Manager Thunderbird should be placed on your XFCE Menu automagically.

Did you do something to make it go away? Did you install T'bird using something other than MXPI? Inquiring minds might like to know that...

[calixtus06]

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System:    Host: mx Kernel: 4.19.0-5-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 6.3.0 
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 Distro: MX-18.3_x64 Continuum May 26  2019 
           base: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) 
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: K70IO v: 1.0 serial: <filter> 
           Mobo: ASUSTeK model: K70IO v: 1.0 serial: <filter> BIOS: American Megatrends v: 208 
           date: 06/22/2009 
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 0 Wh condition: 14.2/46.2 Wh (31%) model: ASUSTEK K70I 
           status: Unknown 
CPU:       Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo T6570 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn 
           rev: A L2 cache: 2048 KiB 
           flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 8399 
           Speed: 2065 MHz min/max: 1200/2100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2100 2: 2100 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA G96M [GeForce GT 120M] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nouveau v: kernel 
           bus ID: 02:00.0 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.2 driver: nouveau unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa 
           resolution: 1600x900~60Hz 
           OpenGL: renderer: NV96 v: 3.3 Mesa 18.2.6 direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: NVIDIA MCP79 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus ID: 00:08.0 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.19.0-5-amd64 
Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
           vendor: ASUSTeK U6V/U31J laptop driver: r8169 v: kernel port: e800 bus ID: 03:00.0 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter> 
           Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter 
           vendor: AzureWave AW-NE785 / AW-NE785H 802.11bgn driver: ath9k v: kernel port: e800 
           bus ID: 04:00.0 
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 178.77 GiB used: 11.23 GiB (6.3%) 
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Hitachi model: HTS541616J9SA00 size: 149.05 GiB 
           ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB model: Multiple Card Reader size: 29.72 GiB 
Partition: ID-1: / size: 143.71 GiB used: 11.07 GiB (7.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 2.00 GiB used: 159.0 MiB (7.8%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 42 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:     Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list 
           1: deb http://iso.mxrepo.com/antix/stretch stretch main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           1: deb http://mirror.ibcp.fr/pub/mxlinux/workspace/mx/repo/ stretch main non-free
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vscode.list 
           1: deb [arch=amd64] http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/vscode stable main
Info:      Processes: 198 Uptime: 1d 10m Memory: 3.85 GiB used: 1.32 GiB (34.3%) Init: SysVinit 
           runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 6.3.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.12 inxi: 3.0.33 

I do not remember why I decided to find thunderbird on the web rather than take it in a repository. But for the understanding of the creation of a launcher, I think it's worth to continue

[JayM]

Just press the Select button and browse to the executable.

[PPC]

hi! I didn't even remeber Mx had a menu editor! I have a Firefox version I downloaded from the web and I tried to add it to the menu- it worked like a charm. What I did:
1- open MX menu, typed "menu editor", selected Mx menu editor and opened it
2- clicled the add another aplication button on the bottom left, a new window pops up
3- on that window I entered name (FF), comment (FF downloaded from mozilla), icon (I browsed for it in ff folder) and, as a command, I pasted the full path of my firefox exec file (/home/[USER]/Transferências/firefox/firefox)
4- selected the "network" category and saved changes
My firefox, downloaded directly from the net, appeared right where it should on the menu...
In my experience there's nothing wrong with using Firefox or Thunderbird versions downloaded directly from Mozilla, they even update automatically!

Are you missing any of these steps?
Edit: TIP- to be sure you have the EXACT path to your exec file, you should select it from the file manager and copy it, then paste it in menu editor's "command" field....
in your case this should work:
/home/nicolas/telechargement/thunderbird/thunderbird

P.

[baldyeti]

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/home/nicolas/telechargement/thunderbird/thunderbird

devrait fonctionner - le point initial est inutile
dans la commande chmod il est superflu de rendre tous les fichiers exécutables (*), le programme principal suffit (thunderbird dans ce cas)

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chmod +x /home/nicolas/telechargement/thunderbird/thunderbird