On Mon, 22 May 2006 23:28:45 +0200
"H.J.Bathoorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Monday 22 May 2006 10:37 pm, Duncan Anderson wrote:
> >  On Monday, 22 May 2006 22:27, H.J.Bathoorn wrote:
> >  > On Monday 22 May 2006 10:05 pm, Duncan Anderson wrote:
> >  > >  If you ever need to find the executables
> >  >
> >  > Just open a console (or xterm) and type in the first few characters and
> >  > hit <TAB> for auto-completion.
> >  > In this case just "oo" and then <TAB> would do.
> >  >
> >  > To get the complete path: "which oowriter" or whatever command you need.
> >
> >  Of course, that is the way to find executables that are in the
> > environmentally defined search path. What I was suggesting was a quick and
> > easy way of looking at the locations of files belonging to a particular
> > package, and not necessarily just the executables. (The package does not
> > need to be installed, either) Of course one could also run "rpm -ql
> > <packagename>" for a similar result, without the navigability.
> 
> Wasn't actually telling you how and what to do ....your mail just offered the 
> oportune comment. ;-)
> 
> OTOH I always use "urpmi" which means I don't keep a local copy of installed 
> RPMS (if all goes well, that is) by default and thus can't check 'em that 
> way. I could, using "mcc" and/or the packagemanager "gurpmi" but find it a 
> very clunky and slow way to do things.
> 
> Somebody else pointed out the use of "locate" which has the downer of needing 
> to use "updatedb" first, whilst "find" feels like using a sledgehammer to 
> kill a mosquito.
> 
> -- 
> Good luck,
> HarM

Exciting stuff, but oo2 is still a dead puppy. <sigh>
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