> 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)?
I usually use 'locate' in a konsole window (shell) to find stuff. If I know I just installed something, but don't know where various files ended up, you have to update the 'locate' database first. This normally happens to a system via a nightly cron. To update it manually, run 'updatedb' but be forwarned that it takes several minutes to catalog every file on your hard drive. If you right-click your "start" menu, you can edit it to add new applications. > > 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. > Not a scientific method, but if you are running X and start a GUI application from a shell, it will launch in a graphical window if it is indeed a graphical program. For example, if you type /usr/bin/firefox, up will spring a browser window. If instead the application is a curses based or text based application, it will run in the shell. _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
