OK---followed the script above in Gedit.
`Zygrib

Type=Application

Version=8.0.1

Name=Zygrib

Comment=no stinkin tooltip

Path=/home/brent/Downloads/zyGrib-8.0.1

Exec=/root/zyGrib/bin

Icon=/home/brent/Downloads/zyGrib-8.0.1/data/img/zyGrib.icns

Terminal=false

Categories=weatherapp`

Saved where it told me to save.
Reboot.
No desktop icon.
No app menu prescence.
What did I do wrong? Take app out of root?
Giving up for a while.
Non-urgent. At your convenience, thank you.

    Brent, do you have a category called weatherapp already? If you don't, that may take another file to setup (I don't know...just making assumption). If you put it as Utility or some other pre-defined category, and login/out of window manager, you should see it I would think.

      [unknown] this tutorial asks you to navigate to a directory. Make a text file. Then copy and paste a template with comments on what exactly each do.

      If this is to complicated for a beginner I'm not one to judge but we made need them to go back to the basics.

      Chapter 1 - Word Processing and file structure

      dbarron Have mateo and another minor weatherapp installed. But nowhere in a search have I seen the word 'weatherapp' anywhere...outside me just inventing it for the script.

      No file or folder or category with that name externally,
      edit: thank you for reply

        Solus/Nautilus calls the zygrib bin a 'program' file SirOaken

        properties tab calls it: executable (application/x-executable)

          I'm sorry my tutorial is considered complicated. I don't speak English and use an online translator, so I was very brief.

          brent What I do that is a little different than the op instructions. is placing the .desktop in ~/desktop folder. It wont give you the application in the budgie menu but should give you the icon on your desktop.

              brent

              [Desktop Entry]
Name=Zygrib
Type=Application
Icon=/home/brent/Downloads/zyGrib-8.0.1/data/img/zyGrib.icns
Exec=/home/brent/Downloads/zyGrib-8.0.1/bin/zyGrib
Comment=no stinkin tooltip
Terminal=false
Keywords=Weather;
Categories=System;Settings;

              save as <yourfilename>.desktop and place is in /usr/share/applications or ./local/share/applications (hope you knew that in case if you dont know)

              Hope this will work for u. Exec is the executable file name with the path 😀 .

              There is no Categories as Weather so it goes to Others . Check for categories.
              https://developer.gnome.org/menu-spec/
              https://developer.gnome.org/menu-spec/#additional-category-registry

              So the weather goes as science/Education i guess. if you want to move it to Education then update with this
              Categories=Education;

              Category Directories are in ls /usr/share/desktop-directories
              The main menus in cat ~/.config/menus/gnome-applications.menu

                  brent really? now your tooltip will display no stinkin tooltip when you hover the app.....lol

                      viyoriya I gutted my script and used yours, saved where you told me to save, thank you. Still nothing, but I think I will get it eventually. Thank you for your help.

                        SirOaken I did that as well. The desktop folder with no '.' in front of it. It put a file on the desktop but it was not executable.

                          @ALL: thanks for the great replies. Although I did not have success, I eventually will. Have a great Sunday.

                          brent Then post here what do you enter in terminal, all steps.

                              Hi algent, for zygrib I drop the executable into the terminal and it launches. For stacer I'm still changing directory in terminal to folder then output/stacer. It's convoluted but it was another person's method (in your old stacer build thread) and I just stayed lazy about it.
                              If I can get zygrib onto desktop and menu, then I know I'll be able to do it for stacer.
                              Have a little time, I'm going to write this file from scratch again and delete the old one.

                                AguerreroG you started your build in the Documents folder. I find that wild. I've done it in Downloads and one in /.build.

                                What has me always scratching my head about builds is this: does it matter where you start? Or are there places one must never start a build? edit: good youtube clip

                                  It doesn't matter where you start writing documents 🙂