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philip Guru
Joined: 10 Jun 2003 Posts: 535 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 12:28 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] Application Launcher Menu does not show packages |
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I have a strange problem with the KDE4 Application Launcher Menu:
Most of my applications show up in the sub-menues of KDE4 Application Launcher Menu. But I installed kdemultimedia-meta recently and none of these applications show up under the submenu "Multimedia".
I can start the various applications "by hand", using "Run command..." and type in the app's name. But they are not visible in the Application Launcher Menu.
Is there a way to "re-populate" the "Application Launcher Menu" with the applications installed?
I would like to understand the root cause of this problem. But I have not found much by googling unfortunately. _________________ /Phil
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Dominique_71 Veteran
Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 1877 Location: Switzerland (Romandie)
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 11:13 am Post subject: |
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KDE's application menu is in /etc/xdg/menus with additional files in /usr/share/desktop-directories.
Its support for the additional free desktop categories is very poor, but that's another issue. Anyway, a software will be shown into a xdg application menu, only if it provide a desktop file in /usr/share/applications.
For details, as the name of the variables, you can take a look here: Desktop Menu Specification.
For a menu with complete support for the additional categories: https://github.com/domichel/fvwm-xdg-menu If you succeed to made it to work with kde, I am interested to know how. _________________ "Confirm You are a robot." - the singularity |
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philip Guru
Joined: 10 Jun 2003 Posts: 535 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 11:24 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for comments Dominique_71,
I have noticed from my other desktop installation that the working of the menu system is not 100%. However, my kdemultimedia applications shows in the sub-menu on the desktop installation. There I have the full blown kde installation, kde-meta.
On this laptop I chose a minimal kde installation, with the intention to add applications as I need them. Unfortunately the kdemultimedia-meta suite does not show up in the submentues.
Unfortunately I believe I do not I have time to investigate https://github.com/domichel/fvwm-xdg-menu . Otherwise it seems to be an interesting alternative. _________________ /Phil |
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philip Guru
Joined: 10 Jun 2003 Posts: 535 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 2:30 pm Post subject: |
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I solved it:
Right Click "Application Launcher Menu" --> Edit Applications --> Edit (in the drop down menu row) --> Restore to System Menu (last option at the bottom) _________________ /Phil |
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