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| From | "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Beginner's question. |
| Date | 2021-08-08 22:42 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <k6s5uhxv6f.ln2@minas-tirith.valinor> (permalink) |
| References | <sekffo$l3s$1@gioia.aioe.org> <slrnsh03fs.e41.jj@iridium.wf32df> <inaqk1F6qunU1@mid.individual.net> |
On 08/08/2021 21.46, John-Paul Stewart wrote:
> On 2021-08-08 1:01 p.m., Jim Jackson wrote:
>> On 2021-08-06, Jane <J@home.com> wrote:
>>> I'm not actually a beginner but I'm sure plenty who are have come across
>>> this problem many times...and I cannot find an explanation anywhere.
>>>
>>> After installing packages with software manager, some open up
>>> immediately, others are accompanied by an icon but many just seem to
>>> disappear. They are installed but there appears to be no way to run
>>> them. I have tried terminal and package manager to no avail.
> [snip]
>> Don't you have some sort of applications/software menu system in mint?
>> If so after an application gets installed, then it will insert an entry
>> in that menu.
>
> Only for GUI applications. Command line applications will not have a
> menu entry and will need to be launched in a terminal. You will need to
> know the command name(s) for that, and there is not necessarily a
> correlation to the package name. ImageMagick is an example of that. It
> is purely command line but no command of that name is installed. It is
> made up of several commands such as 'convert', 'display', 'montage', and
> others.
Yes. But there is "man ImageMagick"
--
Cheers,
Carlos E.R.
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Re: Beginner's question. "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-09-08 23:54 +0200
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Re: Beginner's question. The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2021-08-07 09:38 +0100
Re: Beginner's question. Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2021-08-08 17:01 +0000
Re: Beginner's question. John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@personalprojects.net> - 2021-08-08 15:46 -0400
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