I'm running Kubuntu 12.04, which has the Linux 3.2.0-30-generic, and KDE 4.8.4.
Arc / Ark seems to have several limitations. I'm unable to open a .rar file. I don't care about fixing Arc/Ark. I want to get rid of it and replace it with Peazip. I couldn't find it it the repositories. I don't think there's a PPA for it. The site were I got PeaZip from, didn't mention a PPA.
I had to download it. I could double-click it, and it'll unpack and install were it's at, but my experience with installing software like that has always been that it won't be in the menu, it will be in some random place instead of where softwares are suppose to be, and there won't be any context menus for it. I have to navigate to where ever it was unpacked, and double-clicked to run it.
I don't want that. I want it to be properly installed, with context menus, icons, etc. And I want it installed where programs belong.
I read the FAQ at PeaZip's , but it was all very vague to me. I tried looking at the readme file in the PeaZip package, but I the instructions were too complex for me.
Can someone please break the instructions down so that a Linux end user, like me, can understand it?
The trouble I'm having is that first it tells me do do something manually, then it seems to tell me it's done automatically.... Or I'm just reading it all wrong.
Can someone translate that into n00b for me? That's from the readme in the PeaZip .deb package.
(I skipped step '2a)', in the readme, since it was about installing in Gnome).
Thanks.
EDIT: (The thread title should read "Fully Installing and Intigrating (not Inegrating) PeaZip in Kubuntu).
Arc / Ark seems to have several limitations. I'm unable to open a .rar file. I don't care about fixing Arc/Ark. I want to get rid of it and replace it with Peazip. I couldn't find it it the repositories. I don't think there's a PPA for it. The site were I got PeaZip from, didn't mention a PPA.
I had to download it. I could double-click it, and it'll unpack and install were it's at, but my experience with installing software like that has always been that it won't be in the menu, it will be in some random place instead of where softwares are suppose to be, and there won't be any context menus for it. I have to navigate to where ever it was unpacked, and double-clicked to run it.
I don't want that. I want it to be properly installed, with context menus, icons, etc. And I want it installed where programs belong.
I read the FAQ at PeaZip's , but it was all very vague to me. I tried looking at the readme file in the PeaZip package, but I the instructions were too complex for me.
Can someone please break the instructions down so that a Linux end user, like me, can understand it?
The trouble I'm having is that first it tells me do do something manually, then it seems to tell me it's done automatically.... Or I'm just reading it all wrong.
Can someone translate that into n00b for me? That's from the readme in the PeaZip .deb package.
(I skipped step '2a)', in the readme, since it was about installing in Gnome).
1) Install a PeaZip installable package (DEB, RPM, TGZ), or extract PeaZip portable to the desired path and link peazip binary in one of the system's binary folder i.e. /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, or /usr/local/bin (recommended)
2b) KDE:
- KDE start menu and 'Open with' dialog (.desktop files)
Copy peazip.desktop in (kde directory)/share/applications/kde if you want to add PeaZip in KDE start menu (and 'Open with' dialog).
This integration is automatically performed by the installer.
- Konqueror (KDE 3.x) Action service menu (.desktop files)
Copy .desktop files from "kde3-konqueror" folder to (kde directory)/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus
Please note that KDE directory may vary from distribution to distribution (or can even be customized by the user at KDE installation); /opt/kde3 is usually a common place for installing KDE and is used, in example, in Suse and OpenSuse. The (kde directory) is specified in $KDEDIR in environment variable and can be overridden by $KDEDIRS.
This integration is automatically performed by the installer.
- Dolphin (KDE 4.x) service menu
Copy .desktop files from "kde4-dolphin" to /usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/
Please note that some distribution may use different paths.
This integration is automatically performed by the installer.
3) optionally you can customize .desktop files in order to use PeaZip's icons for Linux (see peazip_icons_linux.zip package on Google Code): place the icons in (kde directory)/share/icons or usr/share/icons and change consequently the "Icon=tar" entry in .desktop files.
peazip.desktop associates PeaZip with some of most common supported file types, in this folder you can find an alternative .desktop file for PeaZip application to associate it with all mimetypes to get benefit of the ability of the program to handle custom filetypes.
Both files can be used as templates to edit custom filetype associations and other application's properties.
2b) KDE:
- KDE start menu and 'Open with' dialog (.desktop files)
Copy peazip.desktop in (kde directory)/share/applications/kde if you want to add PeaZip in KDE start menu (and 'Open with' dialog).
This integration is automatically performed by the installer.
- Konqueror (KDE 3.x) Action service menu (.desktop files)
Copy .desktop files from "kde3-konqueror" folder to (kde directory)/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus
Please note that KDE directory may vary from distribution to distribution (or can even be customized by the user at KDE installation); /opt/kde3 is usually a common place for installing KDE and is used, in example, in Suse and OpenSuse. The (kde directory) is specified in $KDEDIR in environment variable and can be overridden by $KDEDIRS.
This integration is automatically performed by the installer.
- Dolphin (KDE 4.x) service menu
Copy .desktop files from "kde4-dolphin" to /usr/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/
Please note that some distribution may use different paths.
This integration is automatically performed by the installer.
3) optionally you can customize .desktop files in order to use PeaZip's icons for Linux (see peazip_icons_linux.zip package on Google Code): place the icons in (kde directory)/share/icons or usr/share/icons and change consequently the "Icon=tar" entry in .desktop files.
peazip.desktop associates PeaZip with some of most common supported file types, in this folder you can find an alternative .desktop file for PeaZip application to associate it with all mimetypes to get benefit of the ability of the program to handle custom filetypes.
Both files can be used as templates to edit custom filetype associations and other application's properties.
EDIT: (The thread title should read "Fully Installing and Intigrating (not Inegrating) PeaZip in Kubuntu).
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