cannot launch some applications from within XFCE

nusret nbalci_l at yahoo.com
Tue May 30 22:11:30 CEST 2006



--- Alexander Toresson <alexander.toresson at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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.

Is there any other mechanism in place by XFCE to
achieve the same? Idea is to localize a user specific
environment and contain any software libraries
installed by the user and at the same time not to
sacrifice the convenience of the graphical user
interface. 

N.

> > 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


I understand this is a different question than mine. I
personally don't see any advantage to using the
"launcher". And there is no option like run in
terminal for file properties that manages
'double-click and open' that I can see.




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