Re: Remaining oddity of ROX version for Xubuntu 11.10

On 27 March 2012 12:09, Jim Lesurf <jcgl <at> audiomisc.co.uk> wrote:
> Pleased to say that ROX is now working nicely on my new box running Xubuntu
> 11.10.  However there is one occasional 'odd' behaviour which I wonder
> if anyone recognises or can suggest a fix.
>
> Every now and then I get a pop up window telling me that zero-install is
> downloading 'rox filer'. Yet I installed ROX using synaptic from the *buntu
> repository lists.
>
> The distro does include zero install as an option on the menu. But if I use
> this it shows no sign of my having any zero install items.
>
> Doesn't seem to affect day-to-day operation. But a bit of a puzzle, and
> leaves me wondering what it is downloading, why. I've never (knowingly)
> used zero install, so I don't know if this is normal for zero install to
> 'check' on apps it knows about even if installed from a distro package.
> Anyone know, or can say how I can stop this?

Most likely, some other program is using 0launch to run ROX-Filer
(e.g. Edit when you open the parent directory). Though given how
rarely we release filer updates, I can't imagine you see this message
very often... and even then, I'd expect 0launch to use the
distribution's version of ROX-Filer (since the default is to prefer
stable, distribution versions).

You can see which versions it has / prefers with this command:

$ 0launch -g http://rox.sourceforge.net/2005/interfaces/ROX-Filer

Double-click on ROX-Filer to see the list of versions.