Re: How to find the lost 'installed application' - OpenOffice.org Impress

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:41:52 +0800, Ryan Duan wrote:

> Thank you, Camaleón!

You're welcome but please, keep your replies at the bottom :-)

> 2012/8/29 Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>:
>> On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:43:25 +0800, Ryan Duan wrote:
>>
>>>     I use Debian squeeze, now it cannot find OpenOffice.org-Impress to
>>> open odp and ppt files, but Impress does have been installed, I can
>>> use command "ooffice -impress" to open it.
>>
>> (...)
>>
>> sm01@stt008:~$ whereis ooimpress
>> ooimpress: /usr/bin/ooimpress /usr/share/man/man1/ooimpress.1.gz
>>            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>> If file association is what fails, you can manaully instruct your DE
>> (GNOME?) for opening the files (e.g., ".odp" and ".ppt") with OOo
>> Impress.

>     To manually create file association or create menu entry is not my
> goal. I know it can solve the cannot-open-problem, but what I really
> want to know is where GNOME configures the file associations and menu
> entries, why it cannot list OOo Impress in the "installed applications"
> list.

In GNOME2 you can edit the menu using Alacarte (right-click over the main 
menu button and select "Menu edit". From there you can add/rename/remove 
the desired entries.

This can be also done manually by creating the corresponding ".desktop" 
file in "/usr/share/applications/ooo-impress.desktop" (this is a system 
wide entry available for all your system users).

Greetings,
 
-- 
Camaleón