Posts: 14
jeffneedle
Joined: 31 May 2013
#1
Just installed Evolution from the Synaptic software repository. It installed fine. Now, where the heck is it? It appears in none of the system menus.

Arrggghhh!!! I'd love to know how to find the installed app. I use it all the time, and need to get it running in antiX.

Thanks.
skidoo
Posts: 1,445
skidoo
Joined: 09 Feb 2012
#2
If your desktop has a Fluxbox menu, launchers for newly added apps aren't detected until you
use the menu command"update fluxmenu".

If the launcher for the newly installed app doesn't display after you've updated the menu...

.desktop file (launcher) would have been written to
usr/share/applications
during install.
Browse to that path and edit the .desktop file for the evolution app.
Possibly the guhnome developer or the package maintainer placed a line declaring"OnlyShowIn=gnome" within the .desktop file
If that's the case, outcomment or delete that line, and"update fluxmenu" again afterward.
Posts: 14
jeffneedle
Joined: 31 May 2013
#3
Aha! Updating fluxbox menu worked like a charm -- thanks!