Where are the desktop icons and menus?

[mike004]

I installed XML Editor 12.1 on Red Hat 5.5, Gnome desktop.

To install, I su to root user.
Oxygen was installed in /opt.
I did not select symlinks during install (the default was to to create symlinks in /root !)
I selected to create a desktop icon.

* I can start oxygen by running /opt/Oxygen.../oxygen.sh as a normal user.
* There are no gnome desktop icons.
* There is no Gnome menu item.

[mike004]

The icons were on the root Desktop. I had to copy them to my home Desktop folder.
No sign of the application menu items, though.

[adrian]

Hello,

The Oxygen installer only creates symlinks and desktop icons for the user under which you are running it. Since the installer was ran as root it attempted to create them in /root.
If there is a /root/Desktop folder then you will find the .desktop icon files for Oxygen there. If there's no Desktop folder then you will receive a few warnings at the end of the installation saying:
"Desktop link for 'Oxygen/Author' launcher could not be created".

If you install Oxygen under a regular user they should all work, you will also find application menu items under Applications -> Other.

Regards,
Adrian

[mike004]

If you install Oxygen under a regular user they should all work, you will also find application menu items under Applications -> Other.
Adrian

But if I install Oxygen as a regular user, can I install to /opt?
Otherwise, I will have to install to my /home/mike directory, which is not what I want.

[adrian]

Hi,

But if I install Oxygen as a regular user, can I install to /opt?

No, unfortunately you can't.
Installing as a regular user is the recommended way of installing Oxygen, especially if a single user is using Oxygen on that machine.

Regards,
Adrian