Synaptic installs not installed

[Avraham Hanadari]

Karl Auer wrote:
> 
> Only twice? Gee it happens with every second install to me. They DO
> generally end up on the appropriate path though, so you can add them via
> browsing. Try "which <program-name>", or "locate <some-file>" if you
> know anything about the installed item. You may need to refresh the
> locate database (/etc/cron.daily/slocate) to use locate.
> 
> Remind ends up in /usr/bin after install. I don't think it's a graphical
> thing though, so running it off a menu probably makes no sense (well, in
> a terminal, I suppose). Read "man remind" to get the idea. You might
> like to try kalarm instead (which works OK under Gnome, BTW).
> 
> Regards, K.
> 
Thanks for the suggestion. I just read through man remind. Although 
mention was made in the Synaptic blurb of a GUI, no mention was in the 
man. Too bad. Guess I'll try the kalarm.

Avraham