Where to create Desktop entry for Eclipse?

Question

I recently installed eclipse and also created desktop entry file in

/usr/share/applications location as shown in this video Install Eclipse Luna for Java EE in Ubuntu 14.04 but it didn't work.

And also tried creating in ~/.local/share/applications/ and did what was mentioned there, but still was not able to get the eclipse launcher on the unity laucher.

My Desktop entry for eclipse is

Name=EclipseLuna
Name[en]=EclipseLuna
Comment=Integrated Developement Environment
Type=Application
Exec=/opt/eclipse/eclipse
Icon=/opt/eclipse/icon.xpm
Terminal=false
NoDisplay=false
Categories=Development;IDE

Solution

You need to add

 [Desktop Entry]

as the first line to your file.

And just in case: Make sure that the file name ends with .desktop

And also make sure you have made it executable.

Comments

[ravin]

adding it it did work..i saved it in /usr/share/application. but which one should i give more preference to ~/.local/share/applications/ or /usr/share/application

[Lucas]

@ravin Use /usr/share/application if this is a multi-user system, you have root access, and all users need to have the Eclipse application shortcut. I personally prefer using my home directory, ~/, since it's easier to keep track of customization.