installed apps won't show up or run

[Haneef Bashir]

On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 7:26 PM, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 09/21/2010 02:58 AM, Haneef Bashir wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Tony Pursell wrote:
>>> > Or Just System > Preferences > Main Menu > Add
>>>
>>> That would certainly help to find the apps in the menu but would it help
>>> for the
>>>
>>> | /usr/share/dolphin-emu/Dolphin: relocation error:
>>>
>>> mentioned in the original mail?
>>>
>> thanks for the suggestions
>>
>
> Some apps do not have a proper Ubuntu menu config file, but may have a
> Debian menu file. Edit Applications menu (right click Applications &
> click Edit Menus) and turn on the 'Debian' menus - check there & see if
> the app shows up there. If so, you can run it from that, or copy/move
> the menu item to the main menu.
>
> If you do not have 'Debian' in the menu list:
>
> $ sudo apt-get install menu
> $ sudo update-menus
>
> Note: 'menu' is in the Universe repository, so make sure that you have
> that repo enabled.
>
it would appear that i already had Debian menus install so this did
not help. thanks