How to get the application launcher to "see" a package?
Posted: 29 Oct 2015, 03:03
Hi,
I know that this question sounds awfully basic but I have used other download managers than USM with different results. On Porteus I downloaded a firefox package and then I uncompressed it. In a terminal, If I go down into the directory structure where the package was loaded and find the executable, I can then run it by typing ./firefox. Now, I would like to find an icon that I can click on that would accomplish the same thing in KDE. The application launcher does not see anything related to firefox. I am thinking along the lines of having to modify the PATH variable but that does not explain how to update the application launcher.
Thank You
Tom
I know that this question sounds awfully basic but I have used other download managers than USM with different results. On Porteus I downloaded a firefox package and then I uncompressed it. In a terminal, If I go down into the directory structure where the package was loaded and find the executable, I can then run it by typing ./firefox. Now, I would like to find an icon that I can click on that would accomplish the same thing in KDE. The application launcher does not see anything related to firefox. I am thinking along the lines of having to modify the PATH variable but that does not explain how to update the application launcher.
Thank You
Tom