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barnics

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Can't open synaptic
« on: October 24, 2014, 01:45:09 PM »
It's randomly stopped working. When I try to open it I get this error:

Invalid desktop entry file: '/usr/share/applications/synaptic-kde.desktop

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How To Ask Questions The Smart Way; http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

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Re: Can't open synaptic
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2014, 10:08:39 PM »
^that has nothing to do with the issue i'm having

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Re: Can't open synaptic
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2014, 09:12:57 PM »
probable there is wrong link. go to /usr/share/applications. you can see two synaptic applications (Synaptic Package Managers). with ls -l command you can identify real names. there are synaptic.desktop and synaptic-kde.desktop. the second one is not needed. desktop type files are as a matter of fact specific text files. you can read them with leafpad. check the line with Exec. it's simply improper program version (kde).
I'm using lxde and deleted second file. I do not know if your menu is automatically updated after deleting the file. if not you should probable edit ~/.config/openbox/menu.xml (sorry for 'probable' but I haven't use openbox wm for half a year or more).

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