Hello, Any...

[Know that I wanted to subject-title this thread:- "charting bootup; bootup2 charting; chart boot2 booting; booty chart; 2boot..." but desire for"understanding" and"stability" got the better of me. (However I will mention that a few cuss words did pass my lips.)]

I have started this thread because I am having trouble coming to grips with (ie troubleshooting) installing packages which also includes the"installed-but-did-not-show-up-in-the-menu" thing.

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BACKGROUND

Here's a couple of examples (only)...

(A.)
Recently I mentioned the"menu trouble" in this thread...

. grub-2-to-grub-0-97-pkg-in-synaptics-for-that-t6359.html

(B.)
This effect (ie an installation not showing up in menus after install) is not an"uncommon" occurrence in Linux (ie across distros that I've used). Within the following thread I mentioned another one trying to install Antix-CC...

. browser-nominated-as-preferred-application-is-snubbed-t6365.html

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THE ISSUE...

So, such failures have happened before. Now I'm trying to get to the bottom of it. Here's the most-recent install-issue that I want to stick with.

Using Synaptic I tried to install a package - pybootchartgui - but it did NOT show up in the menus.

I selected that package - pybootchartgui - in isolation because I figured that it might be a front-end to collecting/re-arranging details into a presentable package of information. The (install) package details seemed to indicate that.

After installing the above package I could not find reference to it in the menus. I used MenuLibre, and found it, and tried to change a few parameters (ie "visibility","run in terminal","use startup notify",, etc.) but it failed to start. I tried setting it up to run as root. Nup.

I revisited Synaptic, and searched for other packages called"bootchart". There were several. So I tried to install"bootchart2" (since that is referred to in the screed about"pybootchartgui") but it failed. There's another package with"...antix" in it, which appears to be installed already. I cannot find any reference to it in the menus.

There is also some reference to a file folder with"dpkg" which makes me wonder if something is removed at install time too - which might present a problem. (I think that's what dpkg is involved with.)

Anyway, to cut this story short - with the brief on-system search-&-read I've done - it appears (to me) that there may be a"dependency" issue, possibly tied to"naming". However I may not have proper understanding and ability to diagnose that.

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Q's...

1.
So, if there is anyone who knows about...

. bootchart
. bootchart2
. bootchart-antix
. pybootchartgui
. (and/or including any other related pkg)

...and how they work together (or not) - and the FIX - please advise.


2.
What is the best way to have carried out this procedure - that is, from the actual moment of"thinking" satisfying thoughts like: "OK; that's a GUI to chart boot-up info. (That'll be excellent!) Click on select - yep. Click install - yep. Great! Too easy!" ?

Please include ALL options (available to a LinUser) right up to the moment of: "Damn; after all that - still nothing! Now what can I do? Suppose I'll have to start a thread and hope for the best again".

[P.S. I'd rather have a solution without M-Libre if I can because it appears to do"funny" things. For instance, in trying to work with the above problem I now have 2"GParted" entries in the System menu. (Can't explain that. This occasion and this distro are not alone on that point.)]

Regards,

Despite its name pybootchartgui is a terminal command with no menu entry. It takes raw bootchart data and turns it into a png graphics files.