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Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus

From nito@dismail.de
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus
Date 2020-07-04 14:50 +0200
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On Sat, Jul 04, 2020 at 06:53:56 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I'm using Debian10 with the MATE desktop.
> The Debian installer defaults to installing a mess of applications I rarely
> want. They end up with entries on MATE's Applications sub-menus.
> 
> Without deleting the offending applications from the system, how can I
> delete those menu entries and replace them with links to suitable
> applications.

MATE has graphical editor for this. If not already installed, the package
is named "mozo" as is the tool itself.
Otherwise you could try to edit the relevant .desktop files manually.

-- Nito

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Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-07-04 14:00 +0200
  Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus nito@dismail.de - 2020-07-04 14:50 +0200
    Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-07-05 05:50 +0200
      Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-07-05 09:00 +0200
        Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2020-07-05 11:50 +0200
      Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-07-05 12:20 +0200
      Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2020-07-05 16:00 +0200
  Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus Peter Ehlert <peter@sdi-baja.com> - 2020-07-04 15:30 +0200
    Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus Keith bainbridge <keithrbau@gmail.com> - 2020-07-05 09:10 +0200

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