How to create a launcher for a manually extracted program in Ubuntu

Say we have a latest Blender extracted from the download package. We want to create a launcher in Blender so that we can start it from the Unity Dash or App Menu.

Press ctrl+alt+t to open terminal. When it opens, Run command to create . Desktop file and edit it with Gedit text editor:

/usr/share/applications/blender-2.7.desktop

When the file opens, paste below into it and save.

[Desktop Entry] Name=blender-2.78name[de]=blender-2.78name[fr]=blender-2.78genericname=3d modellergenericname[de]=3d Modellierergenericname[fr]=modeleur 3dgenericname[ru]=редактор3d-моделейcomment=create and edit 3D models and Animationscomment[de]=erstellen und Editieren von 3D Modellen und animationencomment[fr]=création etédition d ' objets 3D E T animationscomment[ru]=созданиеиредактированиетрёхмерныхмоделейианимацийexec=/path/to/blender/blender icon=/path/to/blender/icons/scalable/apps/blender.svgterminal=falsetype=applicationcategories= Graphics;3dgraphics; Startupnotify=falsemimetype=application/x-blender;

Note you should replace path to Exec & Icon (words in red).

Reference:how to Install the Latest Blender Release in Ubuntu

How to create a launcher for a manually extracted program in Ubuntu