Paul Johnston wrote: > Theuns wrote: > >> HI I am a newbie to opensolaris >> I installed Netbeans6.1 and it installed it under the opt directory. >> >> There is no icon on the desktop or a menu option Developer Tools available , >> after a search on the file system i found it in the opt directory. >> >> How do i create a icon on the desktop that will launch netbeans from the >> desktop. >> And can some one explain to me the directory layout for opensolaris or >> direct me to information on that. >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> > I installed Netbeans 6.0.1 and under Applications -> Developer Tools > there is the option Netbeans IDE > Funnily enough I also installed Sun Studio and this created no desktop > icon or menu option :-) > > Right clicking on the desktop gives you an option "Create Launcher" and > you can do it from there, giving it a name and location of the file > required to start the application. > Not saying this is the right way but it works! > > Paul > _______________________________________________ > The easiest way (similar to Windows) is to use the file manager (nautilus), right click on the file and select "Make Link", then just drag the newly created link file to the desktop. Solaris calls "Shortcuts" as "Links".
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