squirrel-sql-users

[Squirrel-sql-users] Launcher Icon in Ubuntu?

[Jamie J. <mys...@gm...>]

I've installed Squirrel in Windows and Fedora before, and both of
those platforms get a shortcut/launcher Icon during the install.

However, when I issue the following in Ubuntu 8.10:
 sudo java -jar squirrel-sql-2.6.8-install.jar

I get prompted as to whether I want shortcuts, but they don't actually
appear anywhere. I would expect them to show up in Applications >
Programming and on the Desktop, but I they don't.

Is this a bug in the installer, or is this a known issue--that
Ubuntu's Squirrel installation process isn't *quite* as polished as
those other platforms? (Or, did I just do something wrong during the
installation?)

Thanks,
Jamie

Re: [Squirrel-sql-users] Launcher Icon in Ubuntu?

[Robert M. <rob...@gm...>]

Not sure why you didn't see a desktop launcher icon, but
I can assure you that I do most of my development and testing on
Ubuntu.  Here is a little screencast I made on my Ubuntu desktop
installing SQuirreL 2.6.8 with Sun Java 1.6 :

http://www.squirrelsql.org/screencast/install-squirrel-2_6_8.ogg

Notice the icon appears near the end of the video in the top-left
corner of the desktop. If you have Ubuntu then Totem should be
able to play it.  I recorded it with Istanbul (http://live.gnome.org/Istanbul)
which is an extremely easy tool to install and use on Debian distros.

Do you have a Sun jvm and how about the version of Ubuntu ?

Rob


On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Jamie Jackson <mys...@gm...> wrote:
> I've installed Squirrel in Windows and Fedora before, and both of
> those platforms get a shortcut/launcher Icon during the install.
>
> However, when I issue the following in Ubuntu 8.10:
>  sudo java -jar squirrel-sql-2.6.8-install.jar
>
> I get prompted as to whether I want shortcuts, but they don't actually
> appear anywhere. I would expect them to show up in Applications >
> Programming and on the Desktop, but I they don't.
>
> Is this a bug in the installer, or is this a known issue--that
> Ubuntu's Squirrel installation process isn't *quite* as polished as
> those other platforms? (Or, did I just do something wrong during the
> installation?)
>
> Thanks,
> Jamie
>
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