Re: And the thing is installed by apt-get at... ??
On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 00:42:17 +0200
Basri Kanca <kanca@arayan.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I know this does sound like the lamest question, but I
> simply have to ask it --please flame sparingly :-)
>
> When I do an 'apt-get install <something>', does <something>
> actually get placed in a menu item under somewhere under
> the 'Applications' --referring to Gnome.
>
> If so, how do I know which menu path <something> has been
> placed --other than going thru every single menu and trying
> to guess whether the menu item just added bears a resemblence
> to the <something> that I 'apt-get'ted.
Do you have 'menu' installed? It gives you an 'update-menus' command
which will (probably) do what you want. You will still have to find the
new menu item, but menus are fairly logical.
>
> And, a second question --if I may: Is there a GUI way (i.e.
> using Nautilus) to create launcable menu-items under
> 'Applications'? I tried 'File --> Create Launcher' but
> it comes up paractically blank.
>
> Thank you all
I'm not a GNOME user, but I would expect it to have a menu
creation/adjustment capability. Maybe one of the GNOMErs will speak up.
Cybe R. Wizard
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