Re: [LINUX_Newbies] NEWLY INSTALLED APPLICATIONS

I should have mentioned to look carefully in the menus because it may be in
another place from where you expected it or even have the name slightly
changed. For example if you install gparted it will put it in GNOME in the
System Administration and not in the menu proper and it might be called
Partition Editor instead of gParted. You get the idea.

Roy

2009/11/28 Roy <linuxcanuck@gmail.com>

> Synaptic is a package manager. It installs the programmes for you, but not
> all programmes are GUI. Programmes without a GUI will not make a menu icon
> because they are meant for the commandline. If for some strange reason you
> do not get an icon then you can add one by editing the menu by right
> clicking on the menu button and choosing edit menu.
>
> Linux has no executable file types as in Windows. In fact most suffixes are
> only for convenience. However, many files can be made executable by changing
> its permissions. When naming files you can have as many periods as you like
> and can have commas colons and many punctuation marks, except * and ? which
> are wild cards as in Windows. It is a strange new world that you have
> entered.
>
> Once programmes are installed they cannot be physically located except with
> superuser privileges. They are protected in the root file system where you
> aren't meant to mess around unless you know what you are doing. Most
> programmes can also be launched from the terminal or by pressing Alt+F2.
> Usually it is just the application name without capitals. However, it is
> sometimes tricky to figure out the name. Thunderbird can be thunderbird or
> mozilla-thunderbird depending on the what you have installed and where you
> got it from. Notice the lack of capitals. Linux is case sensitive. If you
> try it with caps it won't launch the programme.
>
> eg. Alt+F2 and type: "gimp" without the quotes and press enter will launch
> the GIMP if you have it installed.
>
> Have fun learning about Linux.
>
> Roy
>
>
>
> 2009/11/28 Jerry <BearJerCares@comcast.net>
>
>
>>
>> I asked this question before, but did not receive any responses.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me where (in what directory) to look for the executable
>> files after I download a new application through Synaptics Package
>> Manager? For some reason, many of them download successfully, but the
>> ikons to launch the programs are not appearing anywhere in the menus.
>> I'm using Kubuntu 9.10.
>>
>> Thanks, --Jerry
>>
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>
>

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