[GRASS-user] GRASS on debian

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Hi all,

I'm running debian squeeze, and installed grass via synaptic.

It says it is installed okay, but I can't find it in the gnome menu.

Any hints?

Nick

2

Hi Nick,

Just fire up a terminal and just type :
grass

HTH,

Pierre

2010/12/1 remoray <remoray@optusnet.com.au>:

Hi all,

I'm running debian squeeze, and installed grass via synaptic.

It says it is installed okay, but I can't find it in the gnome menu.

Any hints?

Nick
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Hi,

2010/12/1 remoray <remoray@optusnet.com.au>:

I'm running debian squeeze, and installed grass via synaptic.

It says it is installed okay, but I can't find it in the gnome menu.

I would also expect that after installing debian package the menu will
be updated.

Martin

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4

Hi,

I would also expect that after installing debian package the menu will
be updated.

also on Ubuntu (user since 6.06) it is never updated. Always had to
create the shortcut manually or to launch GRASS from the terminal.

Cheers

-- Giovanni --

5

Hi,

2010/12/1 Giovanni Manghi <giovanni.manghi@gmail.com>:

I would also expect that after installing debian package the menu will
be updated.

also on Ubuntu (user since 6.06) it is never updated. Always had to
create the shortcut manually or to launch GRASS from the terminal.

I guess grass package in ubuntu is taken without any modification from
debian (my wild guess). So fix debian package first.

Martin

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6

Hi,

do not expect having a shortcut on the desktop after installing the
program. Grass already installs its menu entry on most of the desktop/window
managers.

sorry, I'm not speaking of desktop shortcuts, but about menu entries. No
menu entries on Ubuntu, since always, AFAIK.

cheers

-- Giovanni --

7

Yes, I can confirm that. I don't have any menu entry neither on OpenSuse.

Pierre

2010/12/2 Giovanni Manghi <giovanni.manghi@gmail.com>:

Hi,

do not expect having a shortcut on the desktop after installing the
program. Grass already installs its menu entry on most of the desktop/window
managers.

sorry, I'm not speaking of desktop shortcuts, but about menu entries. No
menu entries on Ubuntu, since always, AFAIK.

cheers

-- Giovanni --

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Martin:

I would also expect that after installing debian
package the menu will be updated.

...

I guess grass package in ubuntu is taken without any
modification from debian (my wild guess). So fix debian
package first.

yeah, we certainly started it (putting icons in place, etc), I
forget where we got with it to though. The basic thing is that
the "grass.desktop" file needs to be copied into
/usr/share/applications/ if it isn't already.

http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-grass/packages/grass/trunk/debian/

ah, we were waiting on a file to show up, which now has.
http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-grass/packages/grass/trunk/debian/grass.desktop?view=markup

that file looks like it still needs some revision, but the
important line is Terminal=true.

For WindowMaker-style WMs (like Fluxbox) the appropriate file
is "grass.menu":
http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-grass/packages/grass/trunk/debian/grass.menu?view=markup

Hamish

9

Hamish wrote:

The basic thing is that the "grass.desktop" file needs to be
copied into /usr/share/applications/ if it isn't already.

btw, this file doubles for both the desktop icon and the Gnome menu
entry -- the menus are self-assembled from the Categories= line.

Hamish