Running Newly Installed Programs?

[Robert Holtzman]

On Tue, 16 Dec 2008, W. D. Allen wrote:

> This from a Ubuntu Newbie...
>
> After downloading and installing a program, such as RealBasic among
> others, as I browse the folder I can not determine which file I click to
> run the program. How do I determine the file in any program folder to
> start a program running, i.e., the ".exe" file? Also, how do I make a
> desktop icon for that file?

Did you look in the Applications drop down menu? If it's not there:

First try opening a terminal and typing realbasic to see what happens.

If no result:

In the top panel try Places -> Search for files -> look in "file system" 
then type realbasic in the "name contains" box and look for a file 
containing "bin" or "sbin" in the results. Type that file name in the 
terminal and you should have it.

As far as a desktop icon, do some research.

-- 
Bob Holtzman
"Bother", said Pooh, as he chambered another round...