Add application in run program

ssilayaraja · 10-25-2006, 03:56 AM

I have installed openoffice 2.0 in my redhat linux 8.0 box i want add swriter in run program permenantly how to do.

advance thanks

diilbert · 10-26-2006, 06:44 PM

I don't know if anyone else understands your question. But it is not clear to me what you want. Could you clarify?

ssilayaraja · 10-26-2006, 11:53 PM

if i press ALT+F2 run program will open and if i enter abiword the program abiword will open like that i want insert an application in run program

claytonjohnroby · 10-27-2006, 02:09 AM

I think I understand what this problem is. In some installations of OpenOffice I have seen the Gnome and KDE menus use absolute pathnames to the OpenOffice executables. This removes the need for the path to the OpenOffice executables to be in the users PATH environmental variable. While abiword is usually in a sensible directory like /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin. /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin are almost always in a users PATH. ALT+F2 would probably be limited to finding executables that are in the users PATH. This means that abiword is accessible and swriter is not.

To fix this you would need to add the path to the OpenOffice executables to your PATH.