Where'd they go ?

[Jerry Feldman]

On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 12:44:47 -0500
Mike Medai <mikemedai at netscape.net> wrote:

> How do I go about finding where things get installed, both command line 
> and using KDE?  And how to start them if they don't "magically" appear 
> in the "start applications" pop-up menu that KDE has provided (and which 
> is driving me nuts as I next plan on rearranging that darn thing properly)?
> 
> How does one determine whether a particular program is meant/designed 
> for a GUI interface or a command line interface (the obvious Kxxxxx 
> doesn't count)?  I've sorted out that when downloading from the 'net, if 
> the program is written for X, then it essentially has a GUI interface.  
> But that doesn't crop up on the source cd's.
Command line programs are normally placed in /usr/bin. KDE apps are
usually in /opt/kde3/bin. In both cases use the whereis command: 
gaf at gaf:~> whereis ethereal
ethereal: /usr/bin/ethereal /usr/lib/ethereal /usr/share/ethereal /usr/share/man/man1/ethereal.1.gz


Some KDE apps don't automatically show up in the menus. Normally, if
you log out and log in, the menus are updated. 


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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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