On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 04:15:20PM -0700, TB wrote: > Then I tried "locate apt-get" and got nothing. And > "locate synaptic", also nothing. then I tried just > running apt-get, it worked. > > Why is the locate command letting me down? How do I > find out where rpm installed synaptic?
The locate database is an index that has not updated yet. It is safe to guess that the binaries installed into /usr/bin. Also, `which` will search your path. If you want to list all the installed files, try `rpm -ql synaptic`. -Vince
