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Hi all - I'm setting up a Slacko Puppy laptop for a friend of mine and have installed VLC Player on it - works great! Now I need to find the install location for the app, so I can shortcut it to the desktop for her.

I've done some searches in the computer, but so far the VLC install location eludes me. Can someone inform me? Thanks in advance for your help!

Hello,

"/usr/share/applications"
Contains the desktop files for installed applications.
Copy it to the "desktop" and remove the .desktop from its name.

"/root/.packages"
Is a hidden folder with a file for each installed program showing where it installed its components.

In a terminal
which vlc
will show the location of the executable.

Hi.

To add another string to the bow of puppyluvr's information (all good!), you should also be able to locate it in /usr/bin.....although when you drag this to the desktop, you will need to find an icon to dress it up with.

The advantage of the .desktop entry in /usr/share/applications is that it already has an icon in place. I tend to do mine from /usr/bin. however, since I have a large library of custom .png icons that I've culled from Google over the years; I like to make my desktop 'special'!

Either method will give you a desktop link. 'which vlc' entered in the terminal will in all likelihood give you the /usr/bin location, as this is where the binary executable files for user-installed applications (whether .pet, or .sfs) tend to end up.

Some few apps don't come with a pre-defined icon, although most do.


Regards,

Mike.