# Show Applications installed on User's own home directory


## Showing User's application in `Show all applications`

On ubuntu, when you press `Super` key twice or press `Super+A`, you see applications installed on host.
But, not all applications are installed via `dpkg` or `snap`. for example, Postman and Bitwarden doesn't provide installers instead they provides something like App Image.

I place such programs in `~/Applications`. and I want to run this kind of program conviniently using `Super` key like `Spotlight search` in Mac.

This can be done by creating `.desktop` file in `~/.local/share/applications`

  - `Postman.desktop` example
  ```
  #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
  [Desktop Entry]
  Name=Postman
  Type=Application
  Exec=/home/dgkim/Applications/Postman/Postman
  ```

## Reference

- https://askubuntu.com/questions/1351795/create-launcher-for-application-not-in-usr-share-applications-in-ubuntu-20-04