where does limewire and other programs install to? I am using NLD9

Hi,

I installed Limewire in /usr/local to allow system wide use

Worked first try once java was installed

Hope this is what you need to know.....


The monkey

ok now I just need to make a link for limewire in my start menu .. how do you do this?

well most programs in linux which would be considered apps are installed to /usr and the executable to /usr/bin. so if you install limewire, there would be several entries in the /usr tree, and there would be a limewire file in /usr/bin.

my limewire file is in /usr/lib/Limewire

so I just need to put a link in my start menu for it .

My executable lives in:

/usr/share/applications


I have a desktop shortcut to this location, it makes it easy to find the ´not often used apps´

I setup a desktop shortcut to this location

I dont want it on my desktop though, I need it in a category in my start menu, I wish I could just drag it over to the menu and it will put it in the folder that I drop it in but it wont let me....

Don´t know about your distribution but in Mandrake I use menuedit to add items, not sure about the command line route or if you distro has a tool for editing the menu.

Sorry I cant give a clear answer for your disto

actually menuedit isnt from a certain distro, it is part of kde. you didnt specify which window manager or desktop environment you use, but there are several ways to make the links. if you are using kde, there is a menueditor in the kde "starter button" under i believe settings or something. i dont know cuase i hate kde with a passion. too unstable... anyway. if you are using gnome i believe there is a menueditor for it, but again i dont use it either, cause it has always been buggy... but i believe that if you open a terminal and enter LimeWire it will execute right? so you should just be able to add a launcher without haveing to know the path, just the command.

yeh limewire works, and I am using GNOME under Novell Linux Desktop 9...

well i cant say that i am completely sure what the thread is about. but if like i said, in general programs in linux are in /usr.;