Program Menus not Updating When Installing new Programs

[Andrew Farris]

Hey everybody,

I've been having an odd intermittent issue with menus not updating when
installing new programs on Ubuntu 9.10, x64 bit. For most programs I've
tried to install so far (all from official repositories) I get no menu
entries after the install, despite the fact that menu entries exist in
the packages themselves. I've never had this issue before, and I'm not
sure what to do to fix it. See below for important info...

Essential info:
        Release: Ubuntu 9.10, x64 bit
        Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-17-generic
        GNOME: 2.28.1
        Installing programs from official repositories

Programs trying to install/results (no particular order):
        BlueProximity  -  Has Menu Entry
        galternatives  -  No menu entry (menu file present in package)
        TORCS  -  No menu entry (menu file present in package)
        Prism  -  No menu entry (menu file present in package)
        Java(usually has a management interface)  -  No menu entry (menu
        file present in package)
        The Mana World Client  -  Has menu entry
        ghextris  -  Has menu entry
        Gnome Hex Editor  -  Has Menu Entry
        ERIC Python IDE  -  Has Menu Entry
        Synfig Studio  -  No menu entry (menu file present in package)
        supertux  -  No menu entry (menu file present in package)
        supertux2  -  No menu entry (menu file present in package)
        Singularity  -  Has Menu Entry
        
What I've tried:
        Installing from USC and Synaptic...no difference
        update-menus...No changes. I have 'menu' installed
        update-desktop-database...Give me the following error:
                "
                        No directories in update-desktop-database search
                        path could be processed and updated.
                "
                I've tried adding the paths /usr/share/menu
                and /usr/share/applications to the call, and nothing
                different happens. There also appears 
                
Any ideas? Thanks!

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Andrew
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