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> ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
