Loading programs from Synaptic

[David Curtis]

On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:20:51 -0400
Ronny Julian <k4rjj at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> I've tried installing several Amateur radio programs with the Package 
> manager.  Should they be showing up in the Amateur radio section of the 
> Applications menu or am I missing something.
> 
> Thanks for the help!
> Ronny K4RJJ
> 

Not necessarily, some apps have menu entries and some do not.  Taking a look at 'properties' in synaptic for the apps without a menu entry will tell you the name of the binary executable you need to invoke in a terminal, or with alt-F2 if it is a gui app. All are usually installed in /usr/bin/.

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David Curtis <dcurtis at uniserve.com>