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On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:13:27 +0000 > Hi, I recently installed some packadges using Synaptic. THey didn't > show up in any of the menus anywhere which got me thinking. Acording > to Synaptic I have over a thousand packedges, application and > programs installed on my system. Where is all of this software?, how > can I find it? and how can I add icons to the main menu if I so > desire ? Cheers for any replies!, Jon DAvey Hi John, Synaptic will tell you all the packages that are installed, and you may find that a rather large proportion of them are "libraries" and as such have no need for menu entries. I personally install "aptsh" pretty soon after a fresh install - it's a commandline tool that allows you quick access to some pretty nice functions of apt/dpkg... such as "aptsh listfiles xxxx" (xxxx being the name of an installed package) will give you a complete list of all the files said package has installed - if you grep that with bin then it'll give you a list of all files installed by that package that are in some "bin" directory: $ aptsh listfiles xxxx | grep -i "bin" (you may have to sudo it) How you add entries to "the menu" depends on what you're running. Both KDE and Gnome have their own respective menu editors - usually right-clicking on the menu should give you an option to do so. If you're running something else, then that's a different matter. Hope this helps. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html