shimshon Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Hi, I downloaded skype as an rpm, located it and double clicked it to install. It was installed, but I can't find it? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Restart your session. If it doesn't pop up in your menu (internet → messengers section), then you have to add it with menudrake manually. Or create a link to the application and place it on your desktop or panel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 (edited) Some items in the menu always seem to disappear on me, like skype (and Opera), even when adding them manually with menudrake. I just open a konsole and type skype :sad: (or I place a shortcut in the panel, like I do for Opera but I don't want Skype there, the panel seems to be more reliable. I think the disappearing items have something to do with the 2 different ways menu are created, menu-xdg and another way which i believe are both in 2006) Edited July 3, 2006 by ffi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shimshon Posted July 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Where is Skype located? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 For this, open a terminal and type locate skype or as root user urpmq skype It should list skype. It should be located in your /usr/bin directory (or browse the /usr/bin directory with a filemanager like Konqueror) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shimshon Posted July 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Can't find any /usr/bin directory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 (edited) but if you want to start skype, you don't need to type the complete path, just skype will do (or try sky + tab, tab will auto-complete, although you would only save one keystroke in this case) Edited July 3, 2006 by ffi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shimshon Posted July 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 But I would like to create a shortcut... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arctic Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 When you create the shortcut, at the section where it asks for the path, simply type /usr/bin/skype. It IS there and it WILL work. Trust me, I have skype on my box, too. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shimshon Posted July 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Thanks a lot, it's working. Takes some time to get use to it after years of Windows... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 Now about your shortcut: Rightclick the desktop, pick "new link to application" and the rest are somewhat less than self-explicable- e.g. on the command to be executed you should put /usr/bin/skype or /usr/local/bin/skype (wherever your binary is located). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffi Posted July 3, 2006 Report Share Posted July 3, 2006 (edited) in the line command of the the application tab (when you create a new link to an app) you can also just put skype. I believe everything in /bin /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin is recognised as a "command" but I don know which has the priority in case of duplicate filenames. In a console press tab a couple of times and you'll see all the commands, you have available. Edited July 3, 2006 by ffi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhn Posted July 4, 2006 Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 just type 'which skype' and you will see were it is located Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shimshon Posted July 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2006 Thanks, everything is sorted out now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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