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07-30-2007 #1
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Usr/games
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07-30-2007 #2
it is about with the compilation of the source code, while installing a software with source code, at lest you have three command ./configure,make and make install.
./configure command has prefix, and this command can be used as this:
Code:./configure --prefix=/some/path/where/I/can/write
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07-30-2007 #3
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Oh I didn't know that! Thanks for that, but thats not what I meant. I meant that some games in my usr/games directory appear under "Games" in the Applications menu, and some don't.
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07-30-2007 #4
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It may occur many times, not only with games but with other applications as well. Some applications appear after logging out/re-loggin, some others never.
Personally when I install an app, I look in the applications menu before closing Synaptic. If the application doesnt appear, then I click on Properties (toolbar of synaptic) and then the tab: installed files in order to verify the executable path, which is
/usr/bin/<executable> or /usr/sbin/<executable> or sometimes /usr/lib/<executable>. For the games it is /usr/games/<executable>
I need the command in order to add manually an entry.
With right-click on the Main Menu item, you click Edit Menus and this launches Alacarte, the menu editor. You choose a section and then New Item (on the right).
With apps that need admin rights, the command must be: gksudo <executable>, for example gksudo guarddog (guarddog is a firewall)
When the path is /usr/lib/<executable>, you should put all the path in the command field.