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Old 12-04-2005, 12:40 PM   #1
brianshrader
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Installing software on SuSE 10


I'm brand new to Linux. I have SuSE 10 from Novell, using the Gnome desktop.

I'm using YaST2's software management option to install some of the packages that come with the SuSE CD -- for instance, the Wine program or the Lin City game. I installed them successfully (as far as I can tell). YaST sees them as installed.

The problem: I can't find them. They're not in the Applications menu. What should I do to find these installed programs?
 
Old 12-04-2005, 02:55 PM   #2
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"What should I do to find these installed programs?"

You can find them with these commands:
which wine
which lincity

If the names of the executables don't happen to be wine and lincity you can find out the names of the installed files with:

rpm -ql wine | less
rpm -ql lincity | less

You use q to exit less.

Once you have found the name of the program you can add it to the applications menu. Right click on the K Menu button and select Edit Menu.

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Old 12-04-2005, 03:30 PM   #3
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Thanks!

Thanks very much for your advice. One question... I performed the which command and found the directories.

I click on the "edit menu" function, and I don't see the new programs in the list of programs in the application menu. Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks for your help and patience as I learn this...
 
Old 12-04-2005, 06:19 PM   #4
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"I click on the "edit menu" function, and I don't see the new programs in the list of programs in the application menu."

Use the edit menu function to add menu entries for wine and lincity.

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