Access config files using FILE Manager

Linux newbie here...

I read the following tip on some website......

"Other apps are kept in the AA1's /usr/share/applications folder as .desktop files. You can add these to the desktop UI by editing the group-app.xml file as above, copying the Skype line, pasting it into any of the four sections and changing the name of the app to be loaded. Make sure all the apps in a section - indicated by the <id>x</id> tags - have different app sequence= numbers."

Is there a way to access this location using FILE manager instead of TERMINAL?

If not, exactly what do I key into TERMINAL to access this info?

Thanks

 

To get a terminal, hit alt-f2, and type "terminal" without the quotes. If you would like to then use the file manager, you can launch it with root access with

Code:

sudo thunar

where thunar is the file manager, and sudo tells it to launch with root access. Root access is the "superuser"/"admin"/whatever term you are most comfortable with. You will see a red bar in your file manger warning that you are root and can damage things. Take This Very Seriously. You can then navigate around as normal. Typing a single "/" without quotes in the address bar will give you the root directory (to bottom-most directory in the system). You will then see the usr directory, and so on.

If you'd prefer to work within the terminal, useful commands are cd (change directory) so "cd /usr/share/applications", and ls (list contents). To get a text editor up, type

Code:

mousepad filename

or sudo mousepad filename if it is a file owned by root (hint, anything in /usr is a root file, but the group.app file refered to is not. Do not use sudo on group-app, or access it via sudo thunar).

I'd advise getting used to the terminal method, but it's your choice.