On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:14:22 +0200
Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip>
> Thanks a lot, Derek ! - You see : I actually know how to create icons on the
> desktop, but the problem was to find the correct application. Maybe my memory
> (the one in front of the screen) is like a swiss cheese, 'cause I tried
> things like lpd, lp, cups etc.. And you know what ? : I thought I'd have to
> type the full path to the executable. To find it, I (as usual in 8.1) tried
> to run "locate". Surprisingly it wasn't there. Neither was "slocate", so I
> found my 8.1 cd's and installed "slocate". Works fine.
>
> BTW, how does one find things in 8.2 without it ?
ML8.2 download edition:
[frans@amd frans]$ rpm -qf /usr/bin/locate
slocate-2.6-2mdk
[frans@amd frans]$ rpm -qf /usr/bin/slocate
slocate-2.6-2mdk
[frans@amd frans]$
> Luckily, before I went through all the hazzles of finding a
> printer-executable, your mail arrives.
>
> Thanks again !
>
> Kaj Haulrich
> Denmark
-Frans (who is very happy with '(s)locate', if I had to use
'my memory (the one in front of the screen)', I'd have _serious_ problems ;)
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