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On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:42:59 +0000, wrote: > Grant Sewell writes: > >> On Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:13:27 +0000 >> >>> Hi,<snip>I have over a thousand 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. > ...yeah I thought so but this was a P2P program that I installed and I > fully > expected there to ne an entry in the menu.... >> 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) > ...OK.... >> 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. > ....whatever comes as default with ubuntu 7.10(gutsy gibon), it's gnome > I'm > pretty sure. >> Hope this helps. >> Grant. >> > OK, so I install the packedge with dkpg and find it using 'aptsh' in the > command line ? Does this only apply to packedges installed using thesde > two > programs; 'apt' and 'dpkg' then? or will it locate all software ?..... Ubuntu uses apt/dpkg to install applications anyway, it just provides you with a nice GUI interface to it. 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