[ale] gnome-panel MIA

[Joe Knapka]

Many thanks, Doug. That was the answer.

I wonder why they renamed it? (I assume they did so, because on my
RH and Slack boxen it's called "gnome-panel".)

-- Joe

"Bridges, Doug" <DBridges at alston.com> writes:

> Or you can just go to debian.org and see what files are in the package:
> 
> http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?searchmode=filelist&word=gnome-panel&version=stable&arch=i386
> 
> My guess, from looking at the file list, is that the name of the program is /usr/bin/panel.
> 
> Doug Bridges
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of
> Geoffrey
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 12:59 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] gnome-panel MIA
> 
> 
> 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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> 
> 
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