Remove old installs from Linux menu

[BranFlayk]

I'm running Livecode on Linux Mint 14, and have updated from 6.1.3 to 6.5 (rc6) and then 6.5.1
Under "Programming" on the Mint menu, I now have a shortcut to each of these three versions. Does anyone know if there is a way to just have the most recent install listed?

I'm not sure if this would be a matter of uninstalling the other two versions (or removing the directory they are in)?
Under my home directory, there are files for .local/share/applications/runrev-livecodecommunity_<version>.desktop and a corresponding .png for each version.

Thanks in advance

[capellan]

Hi BranFlayk,

I use Lubuntu and recently have to uninstall manually
the release candidate, before installing latest stable
version.

More or less, I follow these steps:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1882099

To remove an old version of LiveCode, I visited the folder:
/opt/runrev
and deleted the old LiveCode version, but the icon of this version
still appears in the Lubuntu's programming menu.

I visited the folder: /usr/share/applications
and erased the deleted application icon.

Al

[wsamples]

This may depend on which desktop environment you're running, but try right+click on the the icon that displays the application menu. Gnome 2 under Mint 9 shows an "Edit menu" item. Under openSUSE and KDE I get "Edit Applications". These functions allow you to hide or delete items from the application menu.

[BranFlayk]

Thanks for your replies.
Right-click on Menu lets me edit it, and under Programming I can then un-select the other versions. I'd been trying to right click on the indiviual items previously and not having much luck.

I will also try the other option to delete the oldest version later.

[Klaus]

Hi friends,

since this is definitively platform specific, i will move the thread to the appropriate LINUX forum


Best

Klaus

[FourthWorld]

Klaus, how do moderators move posts to other threads? I've wanted to do that a few times but couldn't find the option for it.

[Klaus]

Hi Richard,

please note the "Quick-mod tools:" and the option menu at the bottomright of this page


Best

Klaus

[FourthWorld]

please note the "Quick-mod tools:" and the option menu at the bottomright of this page

As we say here in the States: D'oh!



Thanks, Klaus.

[richmond62]

Well . . . if, when you install, you click on the "Me Only" install the Livecode versions install in an invisible folder called ".runrev" inside your 'Home' folder.

[mwieder]

Inside the installation folder (if you install for all users, it's under /opt/runrev) there are folders for each installed version.
Within each folder is a hidden file named .setup.x86.
You can uninstall a particular version by bringing up a terminal window, navigating to the directory for the version you want to delete, and typing

./.setup.x86 -uninstall

That will both uninstall the selected version and remove it from the menu.

[capellan]

This works in my setup:
sudo /home/yourlinuxusername/.runrev/components/livecodecommunity-8.1.0-dp-1.x86_64/setup.x86_64