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nik0laus

Member

Registered: 2015-03-07

Posts: 15

I can't find fresh installed applications

Newbie strikes back

I've just installed Libre office through Package manager....bla bla bla... install...bla bla bla ....got message Libre Office installed  etc.

but I can't find it anywhere to start working with it

Am I supposed to do anything more ?

Where do the fresh installed packages go (in which folder/directory ,whatever is called) ?

mojo

Administrator

Registered: 2011-03-29

Posts: 2,174

Re: I can't find fresh installed applications

All commands in sakura terminal as root.

Verify executable exists on system:

[c]tazpkg search-file soffice$[/c]

Find symlinks to soffice:

[c]ls -l /usr/bin | grep soffice[/c]

Start libreoffice if symlink exists:

[c]soffice[/c]

Find libreoffice .desktop files:

tazpkg list-files LibreOffice | grep desktop$

Change path /usr/lib/libreoffice*/share/xdg/*desktop in command below if different.

Create symlinks to desktop files for Applications menu :

[c]cd /usr/share/applications[/c]

Copy/paste this:

[c]for i in $(ls /usr/lib/libreoffice*/share/xdg/*desktop); do ln -sf $i; done[/c]

Hit enter,shortcuts to start libreoffice should be in Applications/Office.

nik0laus

Member

Registered: 2015-03-07

Posts: 15

Re: I can't find fresh installed applications

Hi Mojo ,

It seems that no files of Libre Office had installed

All I had done is to search the package of Libre Office through Package manager ,tick the box of libre office, press install button and after a few seconds I got a message saying "get-libreoffice" installed

Am I supposed to do any further actions ?

PS

I am new at Slitaz and linux distros in general but  experienced enough in GUI systems , and I can follow well documented steps in terminal .

I have installed many packages in distros like Mint or similar where installation was out of a box (ok ,everybody does) but I really like slitaz's  lightness and speed and I want to improve myself ,as user, and to install lightwight distros to old  and weak laptops and donor them to really poor people who they only need a pc for a little use of office applications ,emails , webbrowsing, simple radio and video streaming etc.

mojo

Administrator

Registered: 2011-03-29

Posts: 2,174

Re: I can't find fresh installed applications

If the installation didn't install anything there is nothing you can do.