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Hi Guys,

need some help on this....i have installed quite a few apps but i can't seem to find them in the main menu.....i can see those in the app manager when i wish to uninstall them....but not all of them show up in the menu??

Am i missing something here?

thx in advance
 
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Some applications are widgets, so you only find them in the add widget dialogue, and some are plugins that only show up in their specific application. For example im plugins (like pecan) and sharing plugins (like pixelpipe) are like those. Some applications show up in a menu somewhere and some applications simply work in the background.
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Originally Posted by jackhammer View Post
Hi Guys,

need some help on this....i have installed quite a few apps but i can't seem to find them in the main menu.....i can see those in the app manager when i wish to uninstall them....but not all of them show up in the menu??

Am i missing something here?

thx in advance
What have you installed? Some programs turn up in "power button menu", some in "top menu".

/oxpo

edit: not fast enough.
 
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i recently installed espeak....uninstalled quite a few
 
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espeak is a command-line application only, so doesn't show up in the menu.
 
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It should have the "commandline overlay" on the icon then.
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It does. .
 
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Originally Posted by jackhammer View Post
i recently installed espeak...
Open X Terminal from the menu, then type "espeak" and press enter. Then type some text and press enter - espeak will say it (make sure you are in the General profile and have the volume turned up). Close the X Terminal to close the application. You can use other CLI apps in a similar way - some will need command-line arguments.

All CLI apps should have the CLI badge in the application manager list. If one of the apps does not, it's a bug, and should be reported to the application maintainer, so (s)he can fix it
 

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Thanks a lot guys....figures out im finally a linux noob
 
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Welcome on board. We all started with questions... The search bar is usually a good place to start (although I will say ours isn't the world's best!), and if the search turns nothing up, ask - as you just did.

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