Joey Hess wrote: > Sudhakar Chandrasekharan: > > I have spent the last couple of hours trying to customize my fvwm2 > > setup. I basically want to add stuff to the default menus that comes > > with Debian. I tried the following - > > > > * Moved /usr/lib/menu/default/vim to /etc/menu/vim and ran > > update-menus. Then quit X and restarted it. Don't find vim under > > /Apps/Editors (which is where it is supposed to put in). > > Do you have the vim package installed? I doubt it. If you look at > /etc/menu/vim, it probably starts with "?package(vim):" which means that > unless package vim is installed, this menu entry will be ignored. Oops! Forgot to mention that. I have installed the latest beta version of vim under /usr/local/bin. > To add local stuff, try using "?package(menu):" at the front of the line in > themenu file. Since the menu package is of course installed, the menu item > will show up. (There are probably better ways to do this..) That worked. As you said, there *should* be another way to specify local packages. Though I can understand why update-menus does not add an item if the package is not installed. Another question. I know this might be a FAQ. If I want to install a package that is not part of the Debian distribution, how do I go about it? I think there are two scenarios here - * foo.tar.gz contains the binaries, libs etc. * foo.tar.gz contains the source. Ie. I have to compile the program before I install it. I have currently been bypassing the dpkg mechanism and installing these packages under /usr/local tree. Sudhakar -- "Jesus saves! But wouldn't it be better if he has invested?" Sudhakar Chandrasekharan (415) 937-2354 (O) International Web Engineer Type of Guy (415) 940-1896 (H) http://home.netscape.com/people/thaths/
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