[SOLVED] Where did Libre Office go to when I changed window manager from default to Awesome under Knoppix?

Gruber · 03-23-2017, 01:49 PM

Hi there,

I love knoppix and I run it live from a usb with a perpetual storage layer so I can save things for after reboot. I have no HDD and I'm using a Lenovo T61 laptop. (It's really fast for old hardware!)

My issue is that having just moved over to Awesome window manager I see the Debian menu with most of the items I am used to on the normal LXDE desktop menu, but Libre Office is not present anywhere.

Please can you lovely people illuminate me as to where I am going wrong, correct my expectations etc.

Thank you in advance.

Ztcoracat · 03-23-2017, 04:56 PM

Hi: & Welcome to LQ-

If all you did was change Window Managers Libre Office should still be there under 'Office' or 'Other' in your Applications Menu.

Open the terminal and type:

Code:

libreoffice

The program should launch for you. IF it doesn't........use the locate cmd to find out where Libre Office is installed.

Code:

locate libreoffice <OR>
find libreoffice

https://awesomewm.org/

Maybe Awesome needs configured? Guessing here as I've never used it.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/awesome

Gruber · 03-23-2017, 05:11 PM

Thanks that's really helpful.

I've found loffice in ~/bin/share and it loads from a terminal by just typing loffice which is great. I noticed that when I do this the terminal remains busy and does not return to the prompt leaving the app running independently. Is there a way to do this?

Locate works amazingly!! How do I know which one is the equivalent of an exe the one I should run?

Soitgoes · 03-23-2017, 07:57 PM

You can background the process by placing an ampersand behind the command.

Code:

$ libreoffice &

Ztcoracat · 03-23-2017, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gruber

Thanks that's really helpful.

I've found loffice in ~/bin/share and it loads from a terminal by just typing loffice which is great. I noticed that when I do this the terminal remains busy and does not return to the prompt leaving the app running independently. Is there a way to do this?

Locate works amazingly!! How do I know which one is the equivalent of an exe the one I should run?

When the terminal is used to launch a program it will continue to need the terminal to stay open.
Closing the terminal will terminate the application.

Background the process like Soitgoes suggests. It should help.

Ztcoracat · 03-23-2017, 08:17 PM

Quote:

How do I know which one is the equivalent of an exe the one I should run?

Sorry I haven't had a Windows machine in about 6 years; not sure on that.

Gruber · 03-23-2017, 08:20 PM

Blimey! The more I use Linux the more I absolutely love it. Who on earth would have thought that an ampersand would be so powerful? Thanks for your help, it is really appreciated. :-)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Soitgoes

You can background the process by placing an ampersand behind the command.

Code:

$ libreoffice &

Ztcoracat · 03-23-2017, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Blimey! The more I use Linux the more I absolutely love it.

Yeah, us too!-

You're Welcome Gruber.

Don't forget to mark your thread solved.

Cheers

ondoho · 03-24-2017, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gruber

My issue is that having just moved over to Awesome window manager I see the Debian menu with most of the items I am used to on the normal LXDE desktop menu, but Libre Office is not present anywhere.

the problem is that the debian menu is not the same as an (xdg) app menu.
in awesome, you probably have to do some configurating to get an xdg app menu.
alternatively you might want to try something ultra-minimal like dmenu.