On Sun, 22 Dec 2002, Chris wrote: > How do I know where software goes when I install it? > For instance, I just installed Opera on Red Hat 8.0, and > had to dig around to find it. > From the root I ran "ls -al -R | grep opera" > This produced about 16,000 items! Through trial and error I was > able to find the executable, and create a "launcher" on my desktop > to it. > > Next I installed Wine. I still have no idea where the executable is, but I > know it's not in my path. Running "ls -al -R | grep wine" produces even > more results than when I looked for Opera. > > Is there a default location for software installations via RPMs? > > Thank you, > Chris
It is up to the rpm packager. rpm -ql opera | less rpm -ql wine to restrict the output to executables, I guess something like this would do: rpm -ql <package name> | grep '/bin/' Lawson -- ---oops--- ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
