alacarte alternative?

[Gooddy]

Alacarte и Fedora 16

It is not started!


[soz@localhost ~]$ alacarte
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/alacarte", line 22, in <module>
from Alacarte.MainWindow import MainWindow
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Alacarte/MainWindow.py", line 19, in <module>
import gtk, gmenu, gobject, gio
ImportError: No module named gmenu
[soz@localhost ~]$

[tox]

it doesnt work in F16. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=734442

[Sagari]

Hello,

In F16 (Gnome 3.2) I noticed alacarte tool stopped to run (complaining about missing gmenu module). Since the developer(s) promise no fix until at least Gnome 3.4, an alternate means to edit menus would be very appreciated.

Could someone suggest anything similar?

Thanks.

[TheBigRed]

there is an alternative to Alacarte called
"lxmed". It is a Java application, so RPMS.

avaiable on http://lxmed.sourceforge.net/

[Sagari]

there is an alternative to Alacarte called
"lxmed". It is a Java application, so RPMS.

avaiable on http://lxmed.sourceforge.net/

Thanks, that worked.

[geolab]

hi. I noticed alacarte is not working in f16... any idea how to link a icon in gnome3?

[MrMarcus]

Try LXMED. You can find it at http://lxmed.sourceforge.net/

Follow the instructions and start it up with lxmed (console) or menu editor in applications.
If you have issues starting it up related to a distribution error message do the following:

1. yum install beesu
2. edit the file /usr/bin/lxmed and replace all the content with the following:

#!/bin/bash
    beesu "java -jar /opt/lxmed/LXMenuEditor.jar"

[victordfb]

It has worked for me too. But I'm using Fedora 16 and I haven't gksu instaled. So I've edited the lxmed comand, removing gksu and executing "sudo lxmed" instead.

Hope to help someone else.

[leigh123linux]

Threads merged

[Dan]

The fix mentioned in the bug report concerning fetching the needed package components from F15 works fine here.

[StephenH]

Okay, I followed the instructions on the web site and here to install lxmed. However, every time I try to run it, either from the command line or from the menu, I get this message:

Another instance exists

Another instance of application is still running.

However, there cannot be another instance since I have not previously started it. I also did a reboot just to make sure.

java -version
java version "1.6.0_22"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.10.4) (fedora-60.1.10.4.fc16-x86_64)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.0-b11, mixed mode)

Is this indicating that the OpenJDK is incompatible? The web site seemed to indicate that it should work. This is the latest version of lxmed available.

[oboedad55]

Have a look here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lxme.../topic/4644766

I emailed the developer and he sent an updated .jar file. I did not try it as I got alacarte working by following the directions outlined in the link Dan cited.

[StephenH]

Have a look here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lxme.../topic/4644766

I emailed the developer and he sent an updated .jar file. I did not try it as I got alacarte working by following the directions outlined in the link Dan cited.

Okay. I did so and am awaiting a reply. Since I do not want to bring in all of the Gnome dependencies, I am not going to try to get alacarte working.

[Dan]

Just a quick heads-up to anyone using the F-15 package fix linked in the bug report: If you attempt to follow the terminal commands for the 64 bit version, it will fail. Seems like either the guy fat-fingered the instructions, or my spare glasses ain't working so good.

Either way, this was the second time I had to read the error in the terminal, and re-read/re-think what I had just copy & pasted, and then see the difference and adjust the commands accordingly.

If you follow the manual copy procedure, you'll get by just fine.

EDIT: If you follow his basic instructions, but use these adapted/edited commands, it should work fine, too. (Edits in red)

(As root: )

 wget http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/15/Fedora/x86_64/os/Packages/gnome-menus-3.0.1-1.fc15.x86_64.rpm

rpm2cpio http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/15/Fedora/x86_64/os/Packages/gnome-menus-3.0.1-1.fc15.x86_64.rpm | cpio -ivd

cp /tmp/copy/usr/lib64/libgnome-menu.so.2* /usr/lib64
cp /tmp/copy/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gmenu.so /usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages

[CronoCloud]

If you follow the manual copy procedure, you'll get by just fine.

EDIT: If you follow his basic instructions, but use these adapted/edited commands, it should work fine, too. (Edits in red)

Yep. Thanks Dan. Just wanted to add that since XFCE uses alacarte for editing it's menus so XFCE users can use the fix as well.

CronoCloud