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08-03-2001

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Where did my programs go?

I notice that (Mandrake) Linux and Windows do not seem to operate alike in terms of installing third party software.

Windows, on one hand, creates icons and adds items to the Start Menu, with the help of the InstallShield--or equivalent, of course, but Linux, on the other hand, seems to care less about creating items of which you can just click on the "Start" like button on the task bar of the X windows interface, and find the program you just installed to run it.

I installed a Penguin C++ IDE program I downloaded from Tucows, and I have looked in /usr but cannot seem to find it or even know what the program is named.

How can I find this to create a start-menu like shortcut for such a program? I did then try to install KDeveloper that came with Mandrake and that one created it's own shortcut, but what is it with these third party apps? On top of that, the RPM installer does not even mention a path unlike InstallShield (or equivalent).

Thanks-- Smilie

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sysman(8)						      System Manager's Manual							 sysman(8)

NAME

       sysman - Front end command used to invoke several SysMan services

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/sysman -menu

       /usr/sbin/sysman -station

       /usr/sbin/sysman -cli

       /usr/sbin/sysman -clone

       /usr/sbin/sysman -help

OPTIONS

       Launches  the SysMan Menu (sysman_menu(8)).  Launches the SysMan Station (sysman_station(8)).  Command line interface for manipulating sys-
       tem management data (sysman_cli(8)).  Saves and replicates SysMan configuration information  for  installation  cloning	(sysman_clone(8)).
       Cloning is not supported in a cluster environment.  Displays help on the sysman command.

DESCRIPTION

       The  sysman  command provides a common interface for invoking several SysMan services: A menu driven, task oriented system management tool.
       SysMan Menu and its associated tasks can run on a character cell terminal, an X Windows display, from a PC,  or	from  a  Web  browser.	 A
       graphical  interface  for  monitoring and managing a single or cluster system.  The SysMan Menu and its specific tasks can be launched from
       the SysMan Station.  Provides a generic command line interface to the System Management (SysMan) data.  Saves certain SysMan  configuration
       information from a previously configured system and replicate that configuration information across one or more clients.

       For  more  information  on a specific command, please refer to the specific reference page. For the SysMan Menu and the SysMan Station, you
       also can refer to the online help.

SEE ALSO

       Commands: sysman_menu(8), sysman_station(8), sysman_cli(8), sysman_clone(8)

       System Administration

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