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MenuLibre is an advanced menu editor with 'quicklist support', suitable for lightweight distributions.

An advanced menu editor that provides modern features in a clean, easy-to-use interface. All without GNOME dependencies, so even lightweight systems can benefit from the sanity that MenuLibre offers. MenuLibre is your one-stop shop for menus in Linux, whether you use Gnome, LXDE, XFCE, or Unity.

Features:

  • A beautiful interface powered by the latest version of GTK+
  • Create new launchers, or modify existing ones with complete control over common settings and access to advanced settings
  • Add, remove, and adjust quicklists: powerful shortcuts available to Unity and other desktop environments.
  • Edit user menus or administer system menus that are accessible to all users

Source: OH | ubuntu apps

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How to reset MenuLibre configuration?

I want to reset the configuration and order of MenuLibre. How can I do it? I try: sudo apt-get --reinstall install menulibre But the order of the app keep in the same way. I throw off all the apps from his folders. Now I have something like (see…
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MenuLibre unable to find menu prefix

I would like to be able to customize my LXDE menu using MenuLibre, but it seems the only way I'm aloud to edit anything (due to permissions issues) in it is if I run it through the command line with the prefix sudo. But whenever I run it this way…
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Remove ghost entries from LXDE start menu

There is an invalid entry left by Atom editor (authors failed to provide an unistaller). Entries are not removable using menulibre - it is not listing them, but ghost entries remain in menus.
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How do I completely remove MenuLibre and reset all changes?

I wanted to know how I could remove MenuLibre and all changes I did with it. I only used it to change the icons of my applications, but I would now like to change all my icons to a new theme. When I do this, I can only change the icons, that I…
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Xubuntu - Libre office - restore Whisker menu entries

I accidentally deleted two entries LibreOffice (Writer & Calc) from my Whisker menu (via MenuLibre). How can I easily restore them? Also the file associations for .xls seems to be gone (opens up in Archive Manager) - LibreOffice Writer/Calc is not…
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xubuntu 20.04 MenuLibre Other not shown

This is a virgin install of 20.04, not upgrading from 18.04 and previous versions. I tried to add an item to Other using MenuLibre. Launcher tested OK, saved, etc., yet Whisker menu still not showing "Other" category. If I go back to MenuLibre it…
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Missing shorcuts newly installed applications Xubuntu 14.04

I just installed Xubuntu 14.04 Desktop then installed Boot-Repair and Grub Customizer I don't see their shortcuts in menu. So what am I missing? A lil bit detail: Application shortcuts exists in /usr/share/applications/ Menu entries exist in…
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Edit menu permission issue

i'm an Lubuntu user, but i suppose it concerns everyone. For menu editing there are 3 GUIs: lxmed, menulibre, alacarte. great! Still the ISSUE is that if i start as administrator, for example: gram@gram-pc:~$ alacarte will edit menu, till the time…
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Gnome-shell broken by MenuLibre

I used MenuLibre to create an application launcher and, after editing and saving it a few times, gnome-shell (3.10) instantly crashed. It will not restart; rebooting and logging in again simply results in a blank screen. Strangely, this is nothing…
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How can I enable local desktop-directories?

I have a GNOME desktop-directory (aka appfolder) defined at /usr/share/desktop-directories/X-GNOME-Utilities.directory This functions as expected in the Ubuntu application menu, grouping all applications defined under it. I have other…
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I cannot open the menu editor (menulibre)

I cannot open the Menu Editor in Xubuntu 18.04. either via the Settings Manager (as shown in the picture) or via terminal (command menulibre) When I execute menulibre in the terminal i get following error message: ping:…
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lubuntu extra apps website's methods not working!

https://lubuntu.me/get-extra-apps-for-lubuntu/ when I tried these steps it just resulted : Unable to locate package lubuntu-tweaks Unable to locate package xombrero
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MenuLibre Removing Items from Whisker Menu

I've seen some stuff on here for this, but no solid answers. I'm running Ubuntu Studio 18.10. I wanted to change the category icon in the Whisker Menu for Wine. I checked the Whisker Menu properties, and the default for editing applications was…
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Really strange problem with python

Firstly I have problem with caffeine: Caffeine doesn't work on Ubuntu 17.10 I didn't bind it with python. BTW, running ubuntu under Xorg didn't help. Secondly, I received strange error when was trying to test python program. I ran python3…
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