Re: add downloaded program to menu or run it--how?

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 07:03:17PM -0400, Doug wrote:
On 10/22/2010 05:25 PM, Camaleón wrote:
On Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:11:50 -0400, Doug wrote:


I have downloaded synaptiks using synaptic package manager. It shows up
as "installed" but it doesn't show on any menu, and I have no idea how
to run it. (It disables the scratchpad when an external mouse is
connected. This is much better than the default mode which only
disables the scratchpad while you are typing.)

As per its webpage:

http://synaptiks.lunaryorn.de/index.html

It seems that you can add a widget to launch it or going to KDE user
settings to configure the touchpad behaviour.

Greetings,


I'm afraId that I'm snowed by all this. In the first place, I'm running
the standard Debian--the Gnome GUI, not KDE. The file is here.
Somewhere. There are a ton of synaptiks files under /usr/share/
kde4/services, but none are executable, and the filenames don't hint
at which might work if you chmod'd it. Unix is so obscure. At least
with DOS/Windows, you knew if a file ended in .com or .exe you
could execute it and see what happens.

Obscure is a malicious file named family.jpeg.exe which Windows
Explorer, by default, hides the extension of so you think it's a jpeg image.

In plain English, how does one get a file from the package manager
and run it? What good is the p.m. if it just fills up your disk with
stuff that you can't execute?

I think the issue is that this is primarily a KDE widget. It might
automatically add itself to a KDE desktop, but that doesn't help a Gnome
user...

This page shows all the files that kde-config-touchpad installs,
assuming you're running Squeeze:

http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/i386/kde-config-touchpad/filelist

Linux is very strict about what types of files can go where. So you can
be pretty sure that the executable file you seek is not in
/usr/share/locale or /usr/share/doc.

The synaptiks.desktop files might give you some clues. They should be
plain text. Open them up and look for a line starting with "Exec". Or
better yet, copy one of those files (I'm not sure why there are two of
them) and paste it to your Gnome desktop. Double-click it and see what
happens.

So, what now? --doug

Treat it as a learning opportunity.

-Rob


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