I feel like an idiot... where did my aptitude install go?

JSR_tuxbox · 11-18-2007, 06:06 PM

Hi, all --

I just used aptitude to install flightgear, a piece open-source flight sim software. It completed successfully... but where did it install to? I'm using GNOME; how could I get a link to the file in my "Applications" directory? This seems like a dumb question, but I couldn't find the answer in man aptitude. Thanks for any help!

John

AceofSpades19 · 11-18-2007, 06:13 PM

try pressing alt-f2 and type flightgear to launch it
you can use the menu editor to add it to the menu

JSR_tuxbox · 11-18-2007, 06:18 PM

Thanks for the reply, unfortunately, the launcher didn't seem to recognize the application name flightgear, and "flightgear" didn't show up on the list of recognized applications. Should I try running the install again? Just out of curiosity, where is all the data for this program likely stored?

AceofSpades19 · 11-18-2007, 06:25 PM

try opening a terminal and type flig and press tab, see if it autocompletes for yo

JSR_tuxbox · 11-18-2007, 06:34 PM

It didn't... aptitude has listed flightgear in my installed packages, though. =\

matrex · 11-18-2007, 11:19 PM

in a terminal window or a run dialog box type fgfs