On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 15:53:48, Ray Hogaboom wrote: > I ran Mandrake Update it only displayed programs that are on th 3 > Mandrake CD I made from down loading Mandrake 9.2. > I Installed maybe 10 different apps. Problem after updating my menus > Wine and QCAD are the only two of these that installed an icon > short cut or menu item to start them. Now I don't know what other > where installed as I did not right down what I chose to have > install. I just assumed there would be some thing to click on to > run these apps. I ran software package removal there are over 600 > items that can be removed!!!
Software packages removal shows every application (and the required dependencies) that you installed from an rpm (package) on your system. The overwhelming majority should not be removed. Unfortunately, it does not necessarily show programs you added from source. My experience with both Linux and ms win is that not all apps put something in the menu or on the desktop. If, after you've rebooted, you don't see anything in your program menus for the application, you should still be able to find your applications and create a menu entry (as well as a desktop shortcut, if that's what you want). I use the Software Packages Removal to locate all the files for a package in question. I'm looking for several things: the executable that runs the package (most likely in /usr/bin/) and an icon for the software which usually has a png or jpg extension (and can be in any number of places, but the files have the paths so you don't have to guess where). If I install from source, I use mc (Midnight Commander in a terminal window) to view the contents of the gzipped or bzipped file to see what all it contains and where it's set up to put things. Once I know the name of the executable file, I usually verify it by running it from a command line prompt. Then, I use MCC to create the menu entry. I personally don't care for desktop icons (one of the things I hated with ms win), so I use several retractable child panels for apps I need a lot. The child panel apps are grouped by how I do my projects. However, I understand that there is software for both KDE and Gnome (and X Windows, I imagine) that should help you easily create any desktop icon you'd like. >Two thing I found in this list is howto-utils >-0.2.13-2mdk and docbook-dtd412-xml-1.0-15mdk now these sound like >something I could use, but how do I start them. Why dont I have an >icon or menu short cut for them. My system did provide menu items for the howtos under Documentation -- Howtos English. I have another item, Mandrake Linux documentation in English, which basically covers what's in the Definitive Guides to Mandrake. RUTE's menu item is Beginners Guide to Linux. The documentation for most applications (but not all) can be accessed by opening the application and clicking on Help. That includes docbook-dtd412-xml-1.0-15mdk which is really the XML document type definition for DocBook, something you probably won't need unless you intend to produce documentation for Linux software. deedee --- Registered Linux User #327485 Visit "WordStar & GNU/Linux" http://www.wordstar2.com Also, see the WordStar Users Group http://www.wordstar2.com/cbabbage/wordstar ____________________________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10
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