[Techtalk] Re: Ubuntu Installation Quirks

[priya venkateshan]

Hi,
I'm really sorry for the inconvenience, but it was a mistake on my part
which made me think it wasnt installed. TkSmb is installed, and working very
well.

On 4/14/07, priya venkateshan <priyaven at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I use ubuntu, the dapper drake release. I'm on a college LAN, so i wanted
> a linux version of netscan [application used to browse shared directories on
> a range of IPs].
> I have samba installed, and all the packages that come along with it.
> while browsing through the applications available for installation on the
> Synaptic Package Manager, I came across tksmb which was supposed to be a
> graphical frontend for smbclient et al.
> i installed it, and it said it had installed successfully.
> However I'm unable to find how to use it, as it doesnt show up on the
> programs menu. I tried checking the Alacarte menu editor to see if i can add
> it to the list of programs through that, but it wasnt there either.
> i then gave a search for tksmb, and no results were returned, even though
> i searched thru the hidden files and folders.
> i then reinstalled it using apt-get, which said the latest version is
> already installed on my comp.
> i repeated everything and got no different results.
> Could someone tell me what the problem is, or how to find out what it is,
> and how to solve it?
> thanks in advance
> --
> The reward for hardwork is only more hardwork. Everything else comes under
> side-effects.
> Priya Venkateshan,
> III B.Tech, InfoTech,
> NITK Suratkal
> Blogging at http://thenitknumbskulls.wordpress.com




-- 
The reward for hardwork is only more hardwork. Everything else comes under
side-effects.
Priya Venkateshan,
III B.Tech, InfoTech,
NITK Suratkal
Blogging at http://thenitknumbskulls.wordpress.com