sometimes its slocate -u instead of updatedb
On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 10:33 PM, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. w...@pacifier.com
wrote:
I don't know if all distributions have this feature, but from the
command line, as root, run: updatedb
Then from the command line: locate filename
or even just part
failing even that:
find / -name ristretto
onward -- Pat
On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 8:09 PM, Michael Rasmussen mich...@jamhome.us
wrote:
On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 08:01:25PM -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote:
In the present instance I am trying to find the executable for
Ristretto image viewer.
On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 10:33:35PM -0800, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote:
I don't know if all distributions have this feature, but from the
command line, as root, run: updatedb
Then from the command line: locate filename
or even just part of the file's name.
You may want to pipe the output into
On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 09:18:07AM -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote:
Now all I have to do is hit Firefox over the head with a 2x4 so it will
remember that I want to open PNG files with Ristretto.
It may be your desktop environment that needs to be hit with the 2x4.
In KDE this would be System
On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:09:26 -0800
Michael Rasmussen mich...@jamhome.us dijo:
On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 08:01:25PM -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote:
In the present instance I am trying to find the executable for
Ristretto image viewer.
From a command line:
which ristretto
which will print
On Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:52:55 -0800
Michael Rasmussen mich...@jamhome.us dijo:
On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 09:18:07AM -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote:
Now all I have to do is hit Firefox over the head with a 2x4 so it
will remember that I want to open PNG files with Ristretto.
It may be your
On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 08:01:25PM -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote:
In the present instance I am trying to find the executable for
Ristretto image viewer.
From a command line:
which ristretto
which will print out the full path to the program. Provided it is in your path.
Alternatively
Today I tried to open a PNG file by clicking on a link in a web page
with Firefox. Firefox offered to save it or open it with Gedit. The
Gedit option has a drop-down Other, but when I select it I get a file
manager pop-up, not a pop-up with a list of installed applications.
After much effort I
On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 20:01:25 -0800, in message
20150212200125.1237cef9@Devil-Bonobo, John Jason Jordan wrote:
Living with the problem would be trivial if I
knew the names and locations of the executables on my computer, but I
don't have that information. I think it can be found from the
I don't know if all distributions have this feature, but from the
command line, as root, run: updatedb
Then from the command line: locate filename
or even just part of the file's name.
You may want to pipe the output into a read only editor like more or less.
Wayne
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