cannot launch some applications from within XFCE

[Alexander Toresson]

On 5/30/06, Andrew Conkling <andrew.conkling at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 5/30/06, Alexander Toresson <alexander.toresson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 5/30/06, nusret <nbalci_l at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > I recently built the FOX C++ library simply to use
> > > their Adie text editor, on Xubuntu Dapper with XFCE
> > > 4.4.
> > > When I install the built shared library *really
> > > locally* (I mean, if I don't invoke ldconfig, but just
> > > set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH in my .bashrc login script), I
> > > observe the following issue:
> > > When I type
> > > >>adie
> > > from the console, the program starts. But,
> > > double-clicking in the filemanger fails to execute the
> > > file.
> > > If I globally install the shared library by modifying
> > > /etc/ld.so.conf and then invoke ldconfig as root,
> > > filemanager successfully executes "adie" (the text
> > > editor aforementioned).
> > >
> > > Any idea why this happens?
> > > Thank you.
> > > N.
> > >
> >
> > .bashrc is afaik ignored for X programs.
>
> Just off the top of my head, would "open in terminal" for a launcher
> make a difference in this case?

I'm not sure. It depends on whether or not a non-login instance of
bash is opened.

Regards, Alexander Toresson