This is probably pretty noob stuff but I'm stuck and all the tutorials led me to the same result.
I have Blender 2.82 from the Ubuntu Software Store running on 20.04 Focal Fossa just fine.
But I also need Blender 2.79b, so downloaded that from Blender site and extracted into:
/home/name/snap/blender279b
From there edited a .desktop shortcut file and placed in my user desktop folder (also tried placing it in /home/name/.local/share/applications to no avail)
File contents:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Blender
Exec=/home/name/snap/blender279b %f
Icon=/home/name/snap/blender279b
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Graphics;3DGraphics;
MimeType=application/x-blender;
However, it does not open Blender ("Allow executing file as program" is ticked). The "Allow launching" option is not present in the right-click menu.
Thanks.
