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 🙂

                                  dbarron thank you, I lost sight of the big picture there (been a day!)