How to add Sublime text to dash

I tried 2 types of links and it still I cant add it! I use the unregistered 64 version. On Ubuntu forums and external site

Why is it not coming in the dash board. What is wrong? I even restarted the system to check if it came after the restart after the .desktop file. While the solution listed on the ubuntu forum asks to enter "main menu", there is no match in mine.

1. Open Terminal and write this command

   sudo sublime /usr/share/applications/sublime.desktop

   This will create a file name sublime.desktop in the user/share/applications/ folder and open it for you.

2. Copy paste the following content in it and save the file

   [Desktop Entry]
   Version=1.0
   Name=Sublime Text 2
   *#Only KDE 4 seems to use GenericName, so we reuse the KDE strings.*
   *#From Ubuntu's language-pack-kde-XX-base packages, version 9.04-20090413.*
   GenericName=Text Editor 
   Exec=sublime
   Terminal=false
   Icon=/usr/lib/Sublime Text 2/Icon/48x48/sublime_text.png
   Type=Application
   Categories=TextEditor;IDE;Development
   X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=NewWindow
   [NewWindow Shortcut Group]
   Name=New Window
   Exec=sublime -n
   TargetEnvironment=Unity
   

3. You will see the Sublime-Text icon in the dash-board. right click the icon and click

   Lock in Launcher

STEP 1

Download the tarfile that suits you best and extract it. Here’s the command to extract tar.bz2 files:

tar xf Sublime\ Text\ 2.0.1\ x64.tar.bz2

You’ll notice that I got the 64-bit version. The reason is that it’s lightning fast. So, go for that if you can!

STEP 2

You’ll get a “Sublime Text 2″ folder after extraction. This folder contains all the files that Sublime Text will need. So we have to move that folder somewhere more appropriate. Like the “/opt/” folder :

sudo mv Sublime\ Text\ 2 /opt/

STEP 3

At some point you’d want to be able to call Sublime Text from the Terminal by just typing “sublime”. To do that, we’ll just create a symbolic link in “/usr/bin” like thus:

sudo ln -s /opt/Sublime\ Text\ 2/sublime_text /usr/bin/sublime

STEP 4

Now that our files are at the right place, we need to create a launcher in Unity. To do this, we’re going to create a .desktop file in “/usr/share/applications”:

sudo sublime /usr/share/applications/sublime.desktop

And paste the following content:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Sublime Text 2
# Only KDE 4 seems to use GenericName, so we reuse the KDE strings.
# From Ubuntu's language-pack-kde-XX-base packages, version 9.04-20090413.
GenericName=Text Editor

Exec=sublime
Terminal=false
Icon=/opt/Sublime Text 2/Icon/48x48/sublime_text.png
Type=Application
Categories=TextEditor;IDE;Development
X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=NewWindow

[NewWindow Shortcut Group]
Name=New Window
Exec=sublime -n
TargetEnvironment=Unity

As you can see, these lines are quite straightforward. Go ahead and experiment a bit with them.

STEP 5

Now you would probably want to open all text files with Sublime Text 2. The easiest way to do that is to open up the file associations list:

sudo sublime /usr/share/applications/defaults.list

And replace all occurrences of gedit.desktop with sublime.desktop. Tada ! There you go. You now have Sublime Text 2 installed on Unity on Ubuntu 12.04, like a pro.

Source: http://www.technoreply.com/how-to-install-sublime-text-2-on-ubuntu-12-04-unity/

This is the simplest way to add Sublime Text 2 to the Unity launcher. Open a terminal and type:

gnome-desktop-item-edit ~/.local/share/applications/ --create-new

Fill out the fields in the form and click OK. You can now find Sublime Text 2 in all the same locations as the other installed applications on your computer. When you launch Sublime Text 2, right click its icon and "Lock To Launcher".

Note: The application shortcut will only be visible for your current user. If this unacceptable, change ~/.local/share/applications/ to /usr/share/applications/ and add sudo to the start of the command.