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Titel: Menu Items
 Verfasst am: 17.08.2006, 23:19 Uhr
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Anmeldung: 15. Jul 2006
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Wohnort: Spanaway, Wa
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Okay, question from a lost newbie. I used kpackage and installed a program(package). It does not show in the menu. I have rebooted and still no luck. The package is gpart. How do I find and get into the menu?
I did a search for "menu" but it didn't help.
I installed klamav and it showed up in the menu.
Other part of this question is how to sort out the menu. I find that some stuff goes into Debian and others are scattered through the file. A lot of things are listed several times under different sections. I tried with menu editor and got totally confused. Some things moved, others didn't, some would move but couldn't get rid of the copies of it.
Any help appreciated.
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Titel: RE: Menu Items
Verfasst am: 17.08.2006, 23:36 Uhr
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As to your first question: gpart is already installed on your computer. It runs in text mode, and you can launch it from Konsole.
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man gpart
gpart -h
will display more information.
If you want to repair a disk, open a new thread and ask for guidance. I am sure there are some members who might be able to help you. |
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And I ain't got no worries 'cause I ain't in no hurry at all (Doobie Brothers, "Black Water").
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Titel: RE: Menu Items
Verfasst am: 18.08.2006, 01:04 Uhr
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Hi John, the man pages and gparted documentation might help a little
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/documentation.php
If you know the location of a the executable binary file then just add it to the menu yourself. Sometimes programs dont give you a start menu entry and you need to know where they are to make a menu item or icon.
You can use a terminal or the run dialog to start programs, i find that quicker then having to navigate menu and click on the program i want.
The Debian Folder is a list of all the apps installed on your computer that you installed using synaptic, apt-get, kpackage or individual .deb packages. Additional applications you install using these methods will be placed there.
If some icons or apps aren't showing up you can try using "menu-updating tool" found at kmenu > settings
or in a terminal
update-menus |
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Titel: RE: Menu Items
Verfasst am: 18.08.2006, 08:06 Uhr
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Wohnort: Spanaway, Wa
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ockham23,
Thanks for your help. I know it is installed, I just don't know how to start it. I thought it ran in gui instead of text mode and was looking for a menu button. Don't need to repair a disk, but wanted to experiment with this and see if I could do a non-destructive repartitioning of my second hdd. Thanks again.
piper, yeh, me again.
"If you know the location of a the executable binary file then just add it to the menu yourself. Sometimes programs dont give you a start menu entry and you need to know where they are to make a menu item or icon."
That's the problem, I don't know where it is. I used gpart as an example. I know it is installed but didn't know how to start it or what to add to the menu to run it. I tried using the run dialog but just entering gpart doesn't work. Search seems to take for ever. Is there a quick way to find where it is?
I bookmarked your link and will read it tomorrow. Will try update-menus tonight.
Thanks to you both for your help.
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Titel: RE: Menu Items
Verfasst am: 18.08.2006, 19:07 Uhr
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To find a program, type in terminal: which <program name>
in this case: which gpart
this gives the output: /sbin/gpart
which is the path you'd use to add something to menu |
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Read more on dist-upgrades using du-fixes-h2.sh script.
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Titel: RE: Menu Items
Verfasst am: 18.08.2006, 23:39 Uhr
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h2,
Thanks for that command. My list grows. And I went to windows to get away from dos but I find that I am using konsole more and more. It is all piper's fault. 
piper,
I read the doc's in the link. Very helpful. Learned that I had to "./gpart" and it appeared in the menu. Thanks. I have now split up my sata drive so I can use part for backups. Then when I get them all done daily, I can transfer them weekly to another drive over the network.
There is progress!!
Thanks to all for your help. New commands learned and problem solved.
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Titel: RE: Menu Items
Verfasst am: 19.08.2006, 01:26 Uhr
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hehe terminal is cool
Glad you got gpart to work, now don't forget in konsole you can use the "tab" button to scroll thru previous commands that you have entered. |
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Titel: RE: Menu Items
Verfasst am: 19.08.2006, 05:28 Uhr
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Anmeldung: 15. Jul 2006
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Wohnort: Spanaway, Wa
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Thanks piper. You know I am using my windows puter for quicken and home photos only now. Haven't switched my photos over yet because in a couple of weeks I intend to wipe everything and start over. Right now I downloading a bunch of gui's that I found to try out. KDE is nice but adds too much junk and I just don't like gnome. I bookmarked about 6 or 8 of them and will try one at a time. A little more playing around and then I will wipe and put back what I want. Wish I had done this awhile back. Thanks again for that nudge
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Titel: RE: Menu Items
Verfasst am: 19.08.2006, 05:44 Uhr
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