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How can I add menu items to the Gnome "Applications" menu from the command line?

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I'm using Ubuntu 9.10, and I'd like to automate the addition of some menu items the Ubuntu "Applications" menu. I know that I can use alacarte to make one-off additions, but I'm looking to automate (either via Perl or Bash) the addition of many menu items to this menu. Any ideas?

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Fix for: How can I add menu items to the Gnome "Applications" menu from the command line?

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It should be noted that the alacarte doesn't put the items you add in . It adds them to your home directory. So if you're not wanting to create entries for every user, just the current user, you'll need to make the below changes. Below is a test ent…

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