Re: [expert] How to get desktop apps without using the desktop (MDK 8: mandrake update fails)

[Laura Conrad]

>>>>> "civileme" == civileme  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

    civileme> Look in Contribs and seek MandrakeUpdateRobot.  If you have 
    civileme> PowerPack, it is on supplementary software CD.

Thanks, that answers the specific question.

The general question still stands: if someone says there's a program
on the desktop called "Useful Program", how do I find the name of the
executable and/or RPM that corresponds to that program?

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