[PC-BSD Testing] Running program from runports and KDE menu?

[Kris Moore]

Ahh, so its "runports" which can't be found.

Try this:

switch to csh

% csh
% runports /usr/local/bin/pencil

Also, send me the output of "echo $PATH"


--
Kris Moore
PC-BSD Software

On Mon, 6 Jul 2009, Jeff wrote:

> [Jeff at pcbsd]/home/Jeff(8)% runports /usr/local/bin/bash
> runports: Command not found.
> [Jeff at pcbsd]/home/Jeff(9)% which pencil
> /usr/local/bin/pencil
> [Jeff at pcbsd]/home/Jeff(10)%
> 
> 
> --- On Mon, 7/6/09, Kris Moore <kris at pcbsd.org> wrote:
>
>       From: Kris Moore <kris at pcbsd.org>
>       Subject: Re: [PC-BSD Testing] Running program from runports and KDE menu?
>       To: "PC-BSD Testing list" <testing at lists.pcbsd.org>
>       Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 11:01 AM
> 
> 
>
>       Interesting, if I run "runports /usr/local/bin/bash" it works perfectly here. Enter "which pencil", what does
>       the path to pencil show up as?
>
>       If you just run "runports /usr/local/bin/bash" does it bring up the bash shell?
>
>       --
>       Kris Moore
>       PC-BSD Software
>
>       On Mon, 6 Jul 2009, Jeff wrote:
>
>       > Yes, command not found:
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       > --- On Mon, 7/6/09, Kris Moore <kris at pcbsd.org> wrote:
>       >
>       >       From: Kris Moore <kris at pcbsd.org>
>       >       Subject: Re: [PC-BSD Testing] Running program from runports and KDE menu?
>       >       To: "PC-BSD Testing list" <testing at lists.pcbsd.org>
>       >       Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 10:53 AM
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       >       Yea, normally you can just update the command listed in the .desktop file, or whatever menu file
>       >       you happen to be using.
>       >
>       >       If you open "konsole" and enter "runports /usr/local/bin/pencil" do you get any error?
>       >
>       >
>       >       --
>       >       Kris Moore
>       >       PC-BSD Software
>       >
>       >       On Mon, 6 Jul 2009, Jeff wrote:
>       >
>       >       > Oh yeah, hidden file in my user directory.  But no entry for pencil.
>       >       >
>       >       > --- On Mon, 7/6/09, Kris Moore <kris at pcbsd.org> wrote:
>       >       >
>       >       >       From: Kris Moore <kris at pcbsd.org>
>       >       >       Subject: Re: [PC-BSD Testing] Running program from runports and KDE menu?
>       >       >       To: "PC-BSD Testing list" <testing at lists.pcbsd.org>
>       >       >       Date: Monday, July 6, 2009, 9:51 AM
>       >       >
>       >       >
>       >       >
>       >       >       Jeff,
>       >       >
>       >       >       It should just work if you update the .desktop file to use :
>       >       >
>       >       >       "runports /usr/local/bin/pencil"
>       >       >
>       >       >       By default anything you pass as argument 1 to runports, will get executed in a runports environment, and should
>       work.
>       >       >
>       >       >       --
>       >       >       Kris Moore
>       >       >       PC-BSD Software
>       >       >
>       >       >       On Sun, 5 Jul 2009, Jeff wrote:
>       >       >
>       >       >       > I compiled Pencil from ports and it runs fine from the runports prompt, but it did not put itself in the KDE
>       menu.  I
>       >       manually
>       >       >       put the path
>       >       >       > to the binary /usr/local/bin/pencil as the command but if failed to start and then it occurred to me that's
>       because it
>       >       needs
>       >       >       to use
>       >       >       > runports.
>       >       >       >
>       >       >       > Tried: 'runports && /usr/local/bin' and still no go.
>       >       >       >
>       >       >       > How can I put a port I built into the KDE menu without having to use runports manually first?
>       >       >       >
>       >       >       > ...Jeff
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