turn off screen saver/ enable caffeine

[pottzie]

 I want to be able to turn off the screen saver so I can watch videos without having to move the mouse. I downloaded and opened Caffeine:
 https://launchpad.net/caffeine
 It looks to me as if it opened and ran in the terminal, but I don't see it anywhere. Is there a way to see if it's installed, and how do I get it to run?
 Thanks

[toothandnail]

I want to be able to turn off the screen saver so I can watch videos without having to move the mouse. I downloaded and opened Caffeine:
 https://launchpad.net/caffeine
 It looks to me as if it opened and ran in the terminal, but I don't see it anywhere. Is there a way to see if it's installed, and how do I get it to run?
 Thanks

Downloading something from launchpad is unlikely to get you an installed program under Vector. Looking at the page, you would have downloaded either a Debian package or the source. Neither will work directly. In some instances, you may be able to convert a .deb package to a .tgz package suitable for Vector. Otherwise, you will need to download the source and build the application you want.

Or, as a final option, request a package.

Since it looks interesting, I'll see if I can get it built. May take a couple of days though - I'm a bit pushed for time at the moment.

Paul.

[pottzie]

Wow! Thanks, I figured that someone had come across this before and maybe I was trying to re-invent the wheel when a nice round fully inflated one was already out there. The concept of someone pounding their head against the wall just so I don't have to move my wrist every 15 minutes is above and beyond the call of duty.
 It's slackware, after all.
 FWIW I went with the tgz. And my idea of a rush job is 2011.