When I try to add anything to the menu in 12.04, I get this error.
$ alacarte
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/alacarte/Alacarte/MainWindow.py", line 317, in on_new_item_button_clicked
process = subprocess.Popen(['gnome-desktop-item-edit', file_path], env=os.environ)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 679, in __init__
errread, errwrite)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1249, in _execute_child
raise child_exception
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Best Answer
It's a bug in Alacarte.
You need to install the package
gnome-panel
as Alacarte wants to use a program (gnome-desktop-item-edit
) that is in that package.