Unfortunately the official builds are distro neutral, so they won't replace your desktop menu or other definitions set by the official version for that distro.
Try running geany from $prefix/bin (where $prefix is the prefix you used when building, or default /usr/local IIRC). -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/geany/geany/issues/1927#issuecomment-414884184
