Help:Menus/Debian-menu
From Openbox
Source installs or prepackaged .debs from openbox.org will not configure your setup to show the Debian menu. There are a few simple steps to get it working.
Add the following line to your "~/.config/openbox/menu.xml
" file (if it isn't there, copy it from "/etc/xdg/openbox/menu.xml
" file):
<menu id="/Debian" />
You should place the line, where you would like it to appear in the root menu. Location matters!
Add one of following lines to your "~/.config/openbox/rc.xml
" file between the "<menu>
" and "</menu>
" tags, before the code "<file>menu.xml</file>
":
<file>/var/lib/openbox/debian-menu.xml</file> <file>debian-menu.xml</file>
The second line allows you to copy the "debian-menu.xml
" file from "/var/lib/openbox
" to your local "~/.config/openbox
" directory, where it becomes static (command update-menus
will not affect it). You can then edit it by hand and your changes will be permanent.
That's all you should have to do, though it's a good idea to run command update-menus
(from package "menu
") as root every now and then, if you don't have a cron job assigned. It refreshes the list of currently installed apps.
Then choose "reconfigure
" on your root menu, and you should get a Debian submenu within the root menu.
This is a little trickier, but no big deal.
Then there's this little humdinger: you'll need to get a copy of an executable script named "openbox" and copy it to "/etc/menu-methods
" directory. The script actually creates the Debian menu, when you run "update-menus
.
- Method 1
The easiest way is to install Openbox from official debian repository using "apt
", "aptitude
", "synaptic
" or other program. This will normally ensure, that you have all the packages required to create and use the Debian menu.
After installation copy the script (from "/etc/menu-methods
" directory) in a known directory (your home directory will fine), then uninstall the official openbox (with "apt
", "aptitude
", "synaptic
" or other).
Then, copy the script back to "/etc/menu-methods
" directory and finally, issue the command update-menus
as root.
- Method 2
If you don't want to do that, download an official Openbox package (.deb) from debian.org, create a dummy directory in "/tmp
" and type the command
dpkg-deb -x /path/to/official-openbox.deb < /tmp/dummy_dir
This will unpack a mini-filesystem, that includes the script you need, in "/tmp/dummy_dir/etc/menu-methods
" directory. Set its execution permissions, copy the script to "/etc
" directory and issue the command update-menus
as root. The latter command will create the file "/var/lib/openbox/debian-menu.xml
".
To set the execution permissions type:
chmod ug+x /tmp/dummy_dir/etc/openbox
The reason to create a dummy directory is that running the dpkg-deb -x
command will change the ownership of the directory to root. These could become a bit of a problem later; putting it in a subdirectory of "/tmp
" makes that issue, inoffensive.
Also, you should make sure you have the following packages installed before running update-menus
:
- menu;
- menu-xdg.
Now follow the instructions, listed above.