Add Application Icon to Favorite Applications Screen

[pestocat]

How do I add an application icon to my Favorite Applications screen. When I right-click the application, I can only add the icon to Home Folder and Desk Top. This application was installed very simply using gunzip and tar commands. I have qcad 2.2.2.0 running in openSuse 11.4.
Thank you

[shade304]

(This works for Fedora, and should work for Suse, but I haven't tested)

Put the qcad folder in /usr/share/:

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sudo mv qcad /usr/share/

Put the icon in the /usr/share/pixmaps/ directory:

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sudo cp /usr/share/qcad/doc/img/qcadicon.png /usr/share/pixmaps/

Make an freedesktop shortcut:

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echo '[Desktop Entry]
Name=Qcad
Terminal=false
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/qcadicon.png
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Categories=Graphics;
Exec=/usr/bin/qcad
Comment=Computer-aided design for 2D design and drafting' | sudo tee /usr/share/applications/qcad.desktop > /dev/null

Copy or link the executable to the /usr/bin/ directory:

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sudo ln -s /usr/share/qcad/qcad /usr/bin/qcad

Hope this is helpful!

[pestocat]

Shade304,
Thank you for the detailed solution. It works just as you said.
pestocat