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using ubuntu linux 7.04 (feisty), 64-bit this is the most recent installer i've tried: http://bits.netbeans.org/download/6.0/nightly/200706160000/
athompson, could you please attach installation log? It is available at ~/.nbi/log. Thanks, Dmitry
Created attachment 43849 [details] log file
Alvin (please correct me if I was wrong in detecting you name), Haven`t you run the installer using "su" command? It is just a assumption, maybe I am wrong. From the log file I can see that the user.home value is set to /root though the installer is located at "/home/alvin/..." By design the icon is created only for the current user (root) so you don`t see it because you are logined as alvin. The same behavior was already described (but for Windows) in Issue 105824.
i'm not talking about the desktop shortcut, which i would expect to be installed for the user, but rather the start menu shortcut, which i would expect to be installed for all users. issue 105824 is similar, but declaring the problem 'designed behavior' is not acceptable because it's a regression from previous (normally desirable) behavior. how about one of these possible solutions: - if the installation location is not within the user's home directory, it installs the shortcuts for all users. - the installer detects if the installation user has root privileges, and if so installs the shortcuts for all users. - the installer detects if the installation user has root privileges, and if so prompts the user on how to install the shortcuts.
Kirill has already taken care of that..
Then... Fixed? :)
still not working as of today's build.
I'd say the fix should make it into tomorrow's one. 27706230000.
nope, still not working.
athompson, I've checked the behavior of the installer on a fairly recent Ubuntu system. The shortcuts were created correctly both when running normally and via sudo. In the latter case the desktop shortcut was created for root and not for the actual user (which is expected); the start menu shortcut was created in /usr/share/applications according to the spec. I've noticed a minor quirk wrt start menu shortcuts -- I could successfully see them, but only after logout-login sequence. This behavior (IMO) is not controlled by the installer and is completely GNOME-specific. Can you verify that the same works for you in the latest daily builds? If not -- could you please attach the installation log files for further investigation? I will now mark this issue as FIXED. please reopen if it does not work for you. Thanks.
yup, fixed.