to run a package that isn't shown in the application menu

to run a package that isn't shown in the application menu

[Gottfried]

Hi,

I installed some packages, but they don't appear in the application menu 
(no icon).

Is there an other way (manual way) to run them?

I tried to use a starter and point to a file in 
/gun/store/application/bin/application
but it says "file could not be found".

Gottfried

Re: to run a package that isn't shown in the application menu

[Julien Lepiller]

In general, you can run the app from the command-line. Don't point directly to the store, because the path might change after an update.

However this is only a workaround. The proper solution is to fix the packaging. Which packages are lacking a launcher icon?

On March 9, 2022 7:17:10 PM GMT+01:00, Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I installed some packages, but they don't appear in the application menu 
>(no icon).
>
>Is there an other way (manual way) to run them?
>
>I tried to use a starter and point to a file in 
>/gun/store/application/bin/application
>but it says "file could not be found".
>
>Gottfried
>

Re: to run a package that isn't shown in the application menu

[Gottfried]

Hi,
I installed Guix as my system and not Guix as a package manager on a 
foreign distro.

Gottfried


Am 10.03.22 um 00:06 schrieb jeremy@korwin-zmijowski.fr:
> Hi Gottfried !
> 
> I assume you have installed Guix as a package manager on a foreign 
> distribution (that's how we call Ubuntu, Arch Linux, Fedora and so on 
> which are not Guix System).
> 
> It could help if you tell us what is yours.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> On 09/03/2022 19:17, Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I installed some packages, but they don't appear in the application 
>> menu (no icon).
>>
>> Is there an other way (manual way) to run them?
>>
>> I tried to use a starter and point to a file in 
>> /gun/store/application/bin/application
>> but it says "file could not be found".
>>
>> Gottfried
>>
>>

Re: to run a package that isn't shown in the application menu

[Gottfried]

These packages are lacking a launcher icon:

mc (midnight commander) ( I can start it in the command-line.)
network-manager-applet (for MATE Desktop)
mate-applets
texlive-todonotes



Am 10.03.22 um 08:35 schrieb Julien Lepiller:
> In general, you can run the app from the command-line. Don't point 
> directly to the store, because the path might change after an update.
> 
> However this is only a workaround. The proper solution is to fix the 
> packaging. Which packages are lacking a launcher icon?
> 
> On March 9, 2022 7:17:10 PM GMT+01:00, Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> 
> wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     I installed some packages, but they don't appear in the application menu
>     (no icon).
> 
>     Is there an other way (manual way) to run them?
> 
>     I tried to use a starter and point to a file in
>     /gun/store/application/bin/application
>     but it says "file could not be found".
> 
>     Gottfried
>