[ale] gnome-panel MIA

[Geoffrey]

Joe Knapka wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> On my fresh new Debian "stable" box, on which I have installed
> only the base system from CD and am relying on APT for everything
> else, I do this:
> 
>   joe at whyknot: > apt-get install gnome-panel
>   ...
>   Sorry, gnome-panel is already the newest version.
> 
> Of course, the first time I ran that apt-get command
> it seemed to install gnome-panel...
> 
>   joe at whyknot: > gnome-panel
>   bash: gnome-panel: command not found
> 
>   joe at whyknot: > which gnome-panel
>   No gnome-panel in <every directory in PATH>
> 
> WTF?

Maybe they put it somewhere stupid that's not in your path?  I don't 
know aptget, but rpm permits you to list the full path to everything 
installed by a specific package. Does apt have a similar possibility.

When all else fails: find / -name gnome-panel -print & echo "go for coffee"

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- Joe
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