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Posted: **Fri May 08, 2020 2:35 pm**

Here is a relatively straight forward way to install CoolTerm to the start menu on Raspbian:

Give the current user permission to use serial ports by adding it to the dialout group:
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```
sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER
```
You may have to log out and back in for the group change to take effect
Move the entire contents of the extracted CoolTerm archive to /home/pi/.local/CoolTerm/.

Use a text editor to create a .desktop file at /home/pi/.local/share/applications/

sudo nano /home/pi/.local/share/applications/CoolTerm.desktop

Enter the following lines of text:

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[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=CoolTerm
 Comment=CoolTerm Serial Terminal
Icon=/home/pi/.local/CoolTerm/appicon_128.png
Exec=/home/pi/.local/CoolTerm/CoolTerm
Terminal=false
Categories=Other;

Press CTRL-O to save the edits and CTRL-X to exit the nano editor.

Restart the lxde environment:
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```
lxpanelctl restart
```
You should now be able to execute CoolTerm from the Raspberry Pi start menu ("Other" category)

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Installing CoolTerm on Raspberry Pi running Raspbian

Installing CoolTerm on Raspberry Pi running Raspbian