Newbie desktop question

[Mark Haney]

Bill Walton wrote:
> Greetings all,
> 
> I'm new to Ubuntu and have a schtupit newbie question (more to come ;-) ).  I've installed the 8.04 (64 bit) desktop with no problems.  I got Netbeans 6.0.1 (Ruby only version) installed in the /opt directory and can run it via the file browser.  How do I get Netbeans to show up in my application list and/or put an icon on the desktop?
> 
> TIA,
> Bill
> 

How'd you install netbeans?  I don't know if you can get it via apt-get. 
  If not, the best way to do this is to copy an existing shortcut and 
modify it to taste.


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